We're all adults here - how to use a squat toilet if you have trouble squatting?
So, we have a great question and answer on how to use a squat toilet. However, the answers there basically assume you're healthy and able to use one as per the instructions.
A group of us are going to an area with squats next month, and one of the group is currently undergoing treatment for their lower back and post other surgery have a lot of weakened core muscles, finding squatting difficult.
If you're unable to squat, how does one use said squatting toilets?
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You could buy a portable camping commode and not use the bag. Here's one for sale on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CN9CN6
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How do old people use a squat toilet?
Squat down. Bend at the knees and gently lower yourself down into a deep squat. Your knees will be pointing straight up and your bottom should be directly over the toilet. Squat all the way down, positioning your bottom at about ankle level, close to the toilet.How do you squat on a toilet seat?
When people use posture-changing devices to squat, studies show, they go more quickly. They also strain less and empty their bowels more completely than when they sit on the toilet. By making it easier to poop, squatting might ease constipation and prevent hemorrhoids, which are often a result of straining.Is squatting on the toilet healthy?
Position yourself with one leg either side of the toilet (on the ridged part). Squat toilets are generally used facing the door, BUT there might not always be a door, so for modesty sake it's up to you which way you face. If there isn't a door an umbrella can be a handy item to use to have some privacy.Chris Brown - WE (Warm Embrace) (Official Video)
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Buy a plastic chair with four legs. Make a hole in the centre. Place it over the squat toilet. Be careful not to fall in. You are good to go. The plastic molded chair is widely available. Buy one with short legs or cut the legs off to shorten them. The chair is exactly the same width as a squat toilet width.
Answer 3
A friend of mine had a knee operation in May three years running and had to wear a cast on the leg till well into September.
One place she visited in those three summers was Taizé France, where most of the toilets were squat toilets. The porceline square with steps a bit higher than the main square.
While there were 'sit' toilets those were always a lot longer to walk, more popular so longer queues and often less clean.
So she worked out to use the squat toilets when standing up.
Take good leg out of shorts and undies, (those can stay on leg with cast if they can be held out of the way.
Stand over the squat toilet with the legs as wide apart as the cubicle allows (so on the outside of the toilet square) and let all run that needs running.
With the cast on the leg she was not able to bend that leg at all. She did aim as good as possible by bending the other knee.
The flush did take care of the poorly landed bits when needed, she said.
As a male you can do at least half standing up just aiming down anyway, so it is 'just' the other half you have to be creative.
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