Are there any exercises for treating hemorrhoids which are not too bad as yet? They are internal. Any suggestions welcome. Regards.

Hemorrhoids as you know are like varicose veins-- they enlarge and form a sac like pocket that has lost it elasticity--- sorry no exercises for treatment.

The best thing is to never but never get constipated. Use psyllium to make your BMs regular and gentle without straining!!!

Harry

PS---- On healthboards you don't to write two posts minutes apart ---you can edit your first post by clicking on the EDIT symbol at the top of your message.

Also, we don't have Rock Melons in the States-- or else they are known by another name.

[This message has been edited by Harry (edited 04-16-2003).]

Thanks Harry. You must have rock melons but they must go by a different name (I've included a description of them from the net below). What I really wanted to know was if there is a way making the veins normal if they were not too badly thrombosed in the first place.

"I’m a rockmelon, related to honeydews, watermelons, and even cucumbers, pumpkins and squashes. We’re usually round or slightly elongated with firm, netted or scaly, greyish-green, cream or buff rind. Some of us have grooves or sutures running from end to end, but we all have moist, sweet, orange to peach-coloured flesh, and a distinct fragrance. Our flesh surrounds seeds in the centre."

3gastroenterologists and a colon surgeon all told my husband that walking is the best exercise for hemorroids.
Most probably because when you are walking you are not sitting down.
People who sit all day tend to have worse problems.
The pressure of sitting makes Hemorroids act up.
kat