Constipation

Providing realistic and customized care to regulate your constipation and finally get you back to feeling your best

How We Can Help

Feeling bloated all the time? Are you going 3 or more days without going to the bathroom? Are you always straining to go, and then not even feeling relief afterwards? Have you had to regularly rely on laxatives to go to the bathroom? If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place.

Our team is here to help you take the guesswork out of taking control of your digestion, and provide you with a customized and realistic treatment plan to help your constipation.

What Is Constipation?

Constipation is often a symptom of a larger issue. Many cases of constipation stem from IBS, SIBO, or from an autoimmune reaction to previous intestinal infections like food poisoning. This reaction can decrease movement (motility) of our intestines, causing excessive fermentation of foods (lots of unexplained gas, bloating, and constipation!), immune system overactivity, and food sensitivities.

Unfortunately since constipation can be caused by a number of factors, this means it can take a long time to get an accurate diagnosis, even when you’re in the midst of symptoms that are making day-to-day life difficult.

common symptoms of constipation include:

• Going more than 3 days without a bowel movement

• Passing stool that’s very hard or pellet-like in appearance

• Using excessive straining to pass stool

• Consistent feeling of incomplete evacuation after a bowel movement

• Gas, bloating, & abdominal pain

• Constant feeling of fullness

What To Expect

Wherever you are with your constipation and digestive symptoms, our team will take the time to hear you, meet you where you are at, and teach you how to feel confident and comfortable in your body again. Our ultimate goal is always to dig deeper and find the unique underlying causes of your constipation, so that symptoms are corrected – not masked, you feel in control of your health again, and you begin to see your body as an ally and not the enemy anymore!

Gut Revitalize: Our 6-Week Protocol for Reducing Chronic Constipation

Completing a full gut reset and staying symptom-free can be challenging. Becoming symptom-free takes time, but once the gut healing process is underway, it is possible to enjoy cooking, eating the foods you love, and feeling comfortable while doing so! The ultimate goals of our 6-week program are to help you eat your favorite foods, and then teach you how to prevent and tackle future constipation relapses.

our 6 week protocol

1. Observe the Gut - Whether stemming from infections, food sensitivities, autoimmune disease, or pharmaceuticals, gut symptom origins can be difficult to pinpoint. Using targeted lab testing, home symptom monitoring, and focused history taking in the first week, we will collaborate to clarify your diagnosis and tailor treatment to your needs, lifestyle, and capabilities.

2. Tame the Gut- In this crucial second week, we will silence the intestines and initiate its natural healing processes. Here you will learn how to use dietary modifications in a strategic way to avoid the vicious cycle of fermentation, inflammation, and immune activation in the gut.

3. Support the Gut - For two weeks we will use a combination of herbal medicines or supplementation to bolster your intestines' healing capacity to bring about longer-lasting relief.

4. Challenge and Observe - The final two weeks involve a reintroduction your favorite foods in small amounts to test how your body tolerates the “old triggers”. In this stage, we will provide support and knowledge in a controlled environment to help you gradually return to a normal diet. If there are foods that you may need to avoid long-term, we will find them in this step!

5. Sustain and Maintain - With chronic constipation, relapses occur when stress increases and the cravings return. In this final stage, we will aim to make you an expert in your condition by providing protocols for long-term prevention and relapse management. Ideally, you may only need to see us bi-annually.

By the end of this protocol, we want you to walk away feeling empowered, and in control of your gut health. With a revitalized healthy gut, you may also experience the indirect results of lifted brain fog, increased energy, improved sleep quality, decreased anxiety, and weight loss.

You do not have to tolerate feeling bloated and in pain after every meal, or during stress. If you have been struggling with constipation, and want to learn more, we offer complimentary 15 minute consults with our chief Naturopathic Doctor focusing on digestion, Dr. Mitchell Schroeder, ND.

Dr. Schroeder offers the Gut Revitalize Program both virtually and in-person. To learn more about virtual appointments, click here.