Yes! We regularly see clients on GLP-1 medications. These medications work by slowing digestion, which often leads to constipation, bloating, and abdominal discomfort—side effects that colonics can help relieve. If you don't have any underlying conditions that would otherwise make you ineligible for our services, colonics can be a helpful way to manage these GI side effects and stay comfortable while on your medication.

This depends on your bowel movement schedule, whether or not you're on a cleanse, or whether you're coming in to address a specific health issue. If you're new to colonics, starting with a series of 3 or 4 sessions within the first two weeks of starting will yield best results. Combining these treatments with a cleanse or a liquid diet is also beneficial. We welcome your phone calls so that we can address your specific goals by giving you the best information pertinent to your unique constitution.

Colonics aren’t painful but they can be uncomfortable. There are times during a colonic where you may experience diarrhea like cramping sensations. Most people will experience cramps pass coinciding with a waste release. When your colonic is done and you allow your body to finish releasing all the water and waste inside of you, the awareness of active peristalsis will stop and you should be able to get on with your day comfortably. We suggest sitting on the LIBBE for several minutes (3-5) following your session to allow the body time to finish emptying. If you do this, your colon will not releasee anymore waste or water when you leave our office. 

No. Colonics are categorized as an extremely low-risk service by insurance providers. With the system we use, no part of our equipment goes beyond the rectum, and our equipment is FDA-registered and can be found in some hospitals. No one has ever successfully claimed that the introduction of warm filtered water caused perforation to their tissues.

There are certain conditions that make someone ineligible for our services—such as renal failure, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, and heart failure—and we review these in detail during your intake to ensure we stay within our scope of practice.

If someone tells you colonics are dangerous, chances are they're unfamiliar with how the procedure actually works or they have a bias. For comparison, colonoscopies carry a higher risk of bowel perforation than most people realize.

No. Colonics rid the colon of waste. When waste stagnates in the colon, sugars ferment and feed overgrowths of bad bacteria like yeast, mold, and fungus, which inhibit colon function and crowd out good bacteria.

Research on colon hydrotherapy and gut bacteria found that colonics did not negatively impact the overall balance of intestinal microbiota, and patients experienced symptom improvements following treatment.

Colonics are a hydrating therapy where you will absorb water (great news for dehydrated people). You may lose some electrolytes during your colonic but no more than you would during a workout. Our water is not stripped of minerals and drinking a small glass of electrolyte water following your session (which we provide each of our clients) more than takes care of replenishing electrolytes. Many confuse detoxification symptoms for electrolyte imbalance. Neither are a reason to avoid the benefits colon hydro therapy has to offer.

Yes. Know your body. When you cleanse, some people will experience more energy while others may experience detox symptoms; some of us can hop off the LIBBE and hop on a spin bike. If it’s your first colonic, don’t plan anything too strenuous afterwards, see how you feel, and go from there.

No. Colonics tone and hydrate and have been used to retrain the bowel to have regular healthy bowel movements. Colonics are very helpful to people with compromised transit time as they help to flush stagnant waste that would otherwise be auto intoxicating. Though rare, some people depend on colonics and home enemas to help them have regular bowel evacuation. These people often have diagnosed conditions, take medication that inhibits regular evacuation (some cancer drugs do this), or are wheelchair or bed bound, causing their transit time to dramatically slow down. In these cases, the use of regular colonics or enemas isn't seen as "addictive", they're seen as a tool so that some people do not struggle with constipation for weeks at a time. There are people who use colonics in place of practicing a healthy lifestyle (drinking enough water, eating healthy food, moving their bodies), but these people would be constipated regardless if they received regular colon hydro therapy; in other words, colonics aren't causing their constipation - they're failing to address why they're constipated in the first place. Many of our clients fly on a regular basis and become constipated despite their best efforts. For people with chronic constipation, many would prefer to have regular colonics versus take prescription medication with side effects or face the uncomfortable bloated feeling of retaining excess waste in their body. We're not here to judge; we're here to help.

No. There is no such thing as a self service colonic. With open systems, you get to push, whereas closed systems require a therapist to push on your abdomen (which not everyone finds comfortable during a session of colon hydro therapy). The LIBBE system is an automatic system that does not require a therapist to open a valve to allow you to have releases. You are allowed to push (which feels more natural because that's how we have bowel movements normally), which means the therapist will not need to push on your body to help you evacuate waste (not a necessary step to experience colon hydro therapy). You will still have a therapist prepare the treatment room for you, clean up after you, and answer all of your pertinent questions, in addition to walking you through the process thoroughly before starting your session.

Yes. Please take your cycle into consideration as we do not cancel appointments due to starting your period. Many of our clients say that receiving a session of colon hydro therapy while on their cycle helps with feeling bloated, cramps, and moodiness. 

In order for any cleanse to be effective, the body needs to eliminate daily. Whether you come every day of a juice cleanse or only once, it's important to help your body with daily elimination while cleansing. We have safe & gentle products to assist you with this if you need help.