Personal Well-being: Bringing up trapped wind.

Personal Well-being: Bringing up trapped wind.

Trapped wind can be uncomfortable at best, and at worst downright painful.  It has at times been mistaken for a heart attack.  Not much fun at all!

Bruce Forsyth passed away last week.  Thinking about him reminded me of his appearance on the Michael Parkinson chat show twenty years ago.

Somehow the conversation turned to things that impair a stage performance.  One of the most unlikely things mentioned was 'trapped wind'.  Bruce then proceeded to demonstrate his method of relieving 'trapped wind':

Lean forwards, until your torso is parallel with the ground.

Drop your left shoulder suddenly and at the same time twist your torso so you're facing to the right.   "Burp, Bururp!"  Not something you do in polite company or on a TV chat show, but Bruce did.

I remembered it and when I next needed to relieve trapped wind I followed his instructions and it worked!

I have used it ever since, without fail, and passed his advice on to colleagues and family who also agreed that it worked for them.

It really does works, and it's free, so give it a try!