In this short video, Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, MTOM, Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, discusses the technique used in perineal self-acupressure, which can help alleviate constipation. Dr. Abbott's study was published in The Journal of General Internal Medicine on November 18, 2014,
To learn more about the technique, click here to visit the Yale Perineal Pressure webpage.