{"id":148,"date":"2025-01-22T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:25:55","slug":"correct-position-for-opening-your-bowels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/advice\/correct-position-for-opening-your-bowels\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct position for opening your bowels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Step one<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Knees higher than hips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/12\/bladder-bowel-faecal-incontinence-step1.png\" alt=\"Diagram showing correct position for opening your bowels\" width=\"92\" height=\"107\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Step two<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lean forwards and put elbows on your knees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/12\/bladder-bowel-faecal-incontinence-step2.png\" alt=\"Diagram showing correct position for opening your bowels\" width=\"90\" height=\"107\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step three<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulge out your abdomen<\/li>\n<li>Straighten your spine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/12\/bladder-bowel-faecal-incontinence-step3.png\" alt=\"Diagram showing correct position for opening your bowels\" width=\"90\" height=\"107\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Correct position<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Knees higher than hips<\/li>\n<li>Lean forwards and put elbows on your knees<\/li>\n<li>Bulge out your abdomen<\/li>\n<li>Straighten your spine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/12\/bladder-bowel-faecal-incontinence-correct.png\" alt=\"Diagram showing correct position for opening your bowels\" width=\"90\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Further guidance<\/h2>\n<p>Please see our leaflet about faecal incontinence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/leaflets\/title\/faecal-incontinence\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Faecal incontinence<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step one Knees higher than hips. Step two Lean forwards and put elbows on your knees. Step three Bulge out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/149"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ababs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}