The urge to poop occurs when your rectum fills up, triggering receptors in the anus to signal the brain: go poop. The longer ...

Normally, when you’re constipated, hardened stool blocks other stool from passing ... and dry not being able to have a bowel movement without pushing or straining not feeling like you’re ...

When it’s time for you to go to the bathroom, muscles in your pelvic floor work together to help push stool out of the rectum. Constipation can happen due to one or more breakdowns of the ...

Constipation ... “mush” and “push.” She explained that mush treatments work “by drawing water into the intestines, making the contents of it soft, making your poop soft, lubricating ...