How Do You Take A Sitz Bath?
• Know when to use the sitz bath. After a bowel movement, it is to relax the muscles of your behind, cleanse the area, and help reduce the swelling to assist healing of your anus. • Use for post-surgery recovery. The part they do not tell you, not even secretly, is that your initial sitz bath after colon/rectal surgery is to initiate a bowel movement. Your first bowel movement should be preceded by the maximum amount of pain relievers allowed by your doctor and something to hold on to very tightly, like a counter or a towel to provide something to push against. • Use when urinary problems strike. If you are having problems passing urine, reach for the sitz bath, the muscles that control your urinary track is enmeshed with the muscles that control your sphincter muscle which explains why you always urinate after you defecate. • Prior to surgery you should have a large pitcher that you can fill with water and a thermometer the will go as high as 110º, you do not want to scald your bum. A
