You can stop your bowels from contracting by doing Kegel exercises which increase pelvic and rectal muscle tone.
Increasing fiber and probiotics and going on an elimination diet and doing intermittent fasting can also stop your bowels from contracting.
The bowel is part of your digestive system and it is made up of the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel.
The large bowel is made up of the colon and rectum.
Some reasons you can feel your colon contract are a result of irritable bowel syndrome or spastic colon or other problems such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
In some cases your colon contracting can be an infection or food intolerance.
You can stop colon contractions by taking anticholinergic medications, muscle relaxers, drinking some peppermint tea or taking peppermint capsules.
Peppermint is a natural antispasmodic that means it prevents muscles from contracting.
The muscle relaxers that are good for colon spasms are Trimebutine, Pinaverium bromide, Otilonium, Mebeverine and Cimetropium.
Smooth muscle relaxers are best for colon spasms.
Smooth-muscle relaxants include those directly affecting intestinal smooth muscle relaxation (e.g., mebeverine, pinaverium) and those that act in a similar fashion via anticholinergic pathways (e.g., dicyclomine, hyoscyamine).
You should be concerned about colon spasms if the colon spasms don't go away within a few days or get worse or if you have colon spasms often.
In some cases the colon spasms may be due to a food intolerance or infection and may clear up within a few days or so but in some cases the colon spams can indicate you have another health condition such as Crohn's disease or irritable bowel syndrome or other problems with your colon.
Contractions in the colon are called spastic colon which is the increase in spontaneous contractions or motility of muscles in the large intestines and small intestines that is also associated with IBS or irritable bowel syndrome.
The colon contractions are also sometimes called spasms.
The causes of a colon to contract include irritable bowel syndrome or spastic colon or other problems such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
In some cases your colon contracting can be an infection or food intolerance.
You can relieve colon contractions by drinking some peppermint tea or taking peppermint capsules.
Peppermint is a natural antispasmodic that means it prevents muscles from contracting.
Other things you can do to relieve colon contractions are changing your diet, increasing your physical activity, reducing stress and taking anticholinergic medications to help the colon contractions and spasms.
Some reasons you can feel your colon contract are a result of irritable bowel syndrome or spastic colon or other problems such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
In some cases your colon contracting can be an infection or food intolerance.
A colon contraction feels like severe abdominal pain in the lower half of the abdomen, which seems to get worsened with every meal taken and relaxes with a bowel movement.
Colon contractions are also known as colon spasms and are muscle spasms in your colon (large intestine).
A spasm is a sudden, spontaneous contraction of the muscles.
The colon is the long, coiled tube where food is slowly condensed into poop at the end of the digestive process.
Eating food makes your colon muscles move or contract.
This normally gives you an urge to have a bowel movement 30 to 60 minutes after a meal.
Having fat in your diet can cause contractions in your colon after a meal. With IBS, the urge may come sooner.
Some viruses, such as norovirus, can cause colon spasms that go away when the person recovers from the illness.
These types of illnesses usually last for around 1–3 days.
If you have symptoms that last longer than this, you should speak to a doctor.
Colon spasms can be a symptom of intestinal distress.
You may have colon spasms as an acute reaction to an infection or a food intolerance.
Some people have chronic colon spasms related to an underlying condition, such as IBS.
Treatment for colon contractions or colon spasms are aimed at relieving symptoms and may include changing your diet, increasing physical activity, reducing stress and, for some people, taking anticholinergic medications to help treat spasms.
Problems with the colon, or large intestine, can cause pain in the lower abdomen.
Possible causes of colon pain include constipation, diarrhea, and a range of gastrointestinal problems.
Inflammation, irritation, and obstruction in the colon can all cause pain, which a person will typically feel as abdominal pain.