The 'I love you' massage
Vocab level: B2
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Hi, so, this video is a demonstration of the 'I love you' massage.
This massage can be used by individuals who have problems with constipation
loose stool or generalized pelvic or abdominal pain.
So what you're going to need to get started is a little bit of cream.
And we're going to place that cream across the whole entire belly, just like this.
And so, the 'I love you' actually represents letters.
So, we're starting on the left side at the left rib, we're going to actually draw the letter I
down to the left pelvic bone.
And then the letter L comes across the ribs and then down.
and then the letter U goes from the right pelvic bone, up to the ribs, across and down.
Okay? But before we can do the actual I love you part,
we need to make sure that we make room for any of the stool that we're moving along.
So, what we need to do is empty out any stool that's sitting in the sigmoid colon,
which is located across here.
And we need to push any stool that's there down toward the rectum, so just like this.
We're going to start at the pelvic bone and go down to the middle.
So we're going to do this 10 times.
Okay? You can use three or four fingers it's up to you.
You want to use moderate pressure.
And then once we've done this, then we're going to start with the letter I.
So we're going to start with the letter I and then come down.
Okay? We're gonna do this 10 times.
Then we're going to do the letter L, so we're going to come across and down
and then just emptying toward the rectum, just like this.
Okay? So we're going to do this 10 times.
Then we're going to do the letter U,
so we're going to come up, across, down and then empty
up, across, down and empty,
Just like that, 10 times.
Okay? And then at the end we're going to do 10 circles around the belly button.
Just like this. And this is for these small intestines.
So we're going to do that 10 times.
Okay? So you can basically perform this massage once a day
but if you happen to be a little more constipated or...
have some in indigestion or a bit more pain then you can try...
doing the massage you know once in the morning and once in the evening and see how you feel.
Hope it helps.
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