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How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by shafyy »

yukinon wrote: post #29
shafyy wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't snore. What do you mean by "post-nasal drip"? I do have allergies to environmental stuff like dust and hay fever, and my nose is running / sneezing from this. Some weeks more, some weeks less. But it's not new, I've had that for years. Do you think this could be related?

I am not an anything, but allergies can cause inflammation in your nasal passages, which results in post-nasal drip. Post-nasal drip is where you get a lot of mucus being produced that drips down the back of your throat, which can make you cough or get a sore throat. It's pretty bad when you're lying down and asleep. For me, when I have to deal with seasonal allergies, if I am feeling particularly bad that night, I w…

Very interesting, nobody mentioned this to me before. I'll try and see if there's a correlation in my case. Thanks!

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by NotGMan »

Sparkyte wrote: post #10

Awh yes totally deserves to be in the nih gov site...

Why not? It's a REAL person solving a REAL problem for himself. Why is that "invalid data"?

You prefer studies with 100 people that generate just noise because people are so different?

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by jmcgough »

01100011 wrote: post #19
loopdoend wrote: post #5

How I eliminated GERD: - Walking after every meal - Reducing my body weight - Avoiding food in the hours before bed YMMV

For me: lose weight and take a daily PPI. "But PPIs have terrible side effects!" Doing great so far. One esomeprazole a day, 30 mins before I eat breakfast and I'm almost normal. This is with bad GERD, a hiatal hernia and some changes to my esophageal tissue. Oh and schatzki rings. I was in immense pain for years and now I can eat normally and enjoy spicy foods again.

A PPI is preferable to Barret's esophagus secondary to chronic gastric reflux, and certainly sounds reasonable in your case.

There are others who start using omeprazole OTC without understanding the difference between it and Pepcid. Omeprazole (and its enantiomer esomeprazol) can cause rebound heart burn with discontinuation, are not meant to be used "as needed" compared to antacids / H2 drugs due to their slower method of action, nor do we fully understand the long-term risks of PPIs. There have been observational studies which, while not able to show a clear cause and effect, have found evidence of higher risk of fractures among those on PPIs long-term.

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by jmcgough »

shafyy wrote: post #26

Slighly related, but maybe somebody here has some tips: I've had a sore throat for months. And initially they thought it's from GERD, but it does not appear to be. Checks showed no other issues wiht my oesophagus or stomach. Did anybody experience something like this before?

Have you been coughing? Any new life changes since onset of symptoms, like a new pet / house / job?

Most common causes of chronic sore throat are allergies or a chronic cough. Also consider environmental irritants, smoking, or dry mouth (like from snoring). I'd also think LPR ("silent GERD") but sounds like they ruled that out. I assume they examined you for bacterial injection like strep.

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by slig »

corysama wrote: post #24

My own N=2 study: Based on a random comment in an obscure forum, I cured my specific form of reflux for 10 years with a couple of simple stretches. I think they only address reflux due to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatal_hernia The theme is to physically push the stomach back down into place. The first exercise was to lay in bed, one hand over the other just below the sternum, push in and slide down slowly. Rep…

Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I'm going to give this a try.

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by thomassmith65 »

NotGMan wrote: post #32
Sparkyte wrote: post #10

Awh yes totally deserves to be in the nih gov site...

Why not? It's a REAL person solving a REAL problem for himself. Why is that "invalid data"? You prefer studies with 100 people that generate just noise because people are so different?

Is that sarcasm?

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by glimshe »

shafyy wrote: post #26

Slighly related, but maybe somebody here has some tips: I've had a sore throat for months. And initially they thought it's from GERD, but it does not appear to be. Checks showed no other issues wiht my oesophagus or stomach. Did anybody experience something like this before?

How do you know it's not GERD? I had what you described. Took 2 months of careful eating and Omeprazole to get rid of... Doctor did a throat/nose endoscopy but couldn't see anything, so he diagnosed based on symptoms alone.

Re: How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study

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Post by coolThingsFirst »

I will def be trying this since it's the second time that I've seen it, my problem with acid reflux is that i drink a lot of coffee and without it I am sleepy.

Stress impacts it a lot. Coffee does I still drink, like a lot. 8 cups.

Since quitting cigs it's 80% better. And yeah I definitely 'feel' some muscle in my stomach is the issue.

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