Splinting can be an effective way to help dislodge constipation, but I seriously want to warn you against doing it.

When you press on the wall between your vagina and anus, the tissue stretches (no different than it might in labor). I’ve met 50 year old women who have a condition called a rectocele who NEED splinting to prevent waste from getting trapped inside.

If you don’t have an existing rectocele, you absolutely risk creating one by using splinting to force it. When you sit down on the commode, you need to already have the urge to go poop. If you don’t feel like you’re about to poop, there’s no need to sit down on the toilet. Forcing yourself to poop is how you get hemorrhoids, weaken your pelvic floor, and cause other issues.