What enema equipment works best for someone who has trouble retaining the liquids?

I have been assisting my husband with coffee enemas for about a month now. We were only doing it about once or twice per week, but now we've increased to about 3-4 times per week. One problem we are having is that he often has trouble retaining this enema. He has better luck on the first half (holding 2 cups) than the second go-around.

We purchased a very basic enema bag/hose from your website a few years ago and just got around to using it! My question to you is this: Do you have enema equipment which might work better for someone who has trouble retaining the liquids? In his condition, he has much muscle weakness, which apparently includes the sphincter muscles. What would you recommend?

Also, would you also recommend hydrotherapy? We are in the Chicago area and are considering the trip to Madison to your place. The enemas and herbal colon cleansing we are doing have vastly helped his constipation, but just wondering if the hydrotherapy would maximize benefits?

I would recommend trying a retention nozzle in order to assist your husband to retain his coffee enema. I think your best choices would be the Silicone Single Retention Nozzle or the Flexible-Inflatable Enema Nozzle. Both assist the user to easily hold an enema solution. The Flexible-Inflatable Enema Nozzle is less expensive but the Silicone Single Retention Nozzle might offer a more therapeutic coffee enema experience as it is easier to deliver the coffee enema deeper into the colon. (When one is taking a coffee enema, it is thought one should use a colon tube type nozzle to deliver the coffee deeper into the colon. To learn more about coffee enemas, view our instructional video on DVD, Cleansing, Coffee Enemas, and Colon Tubes.)

Enemas can be as effective as colon hydrotherapy, as long as you fully cleanse the entire colon. To learn more, you might view our downloadable videos, Small-Volume Enema and Large-Volume Enema.

And of course it is always an excellent idea to try one colon hydrotherapy session in order to compare how a person feels/responds to the two different methods.

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