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Toilets come in two common heights, “standard height” (short) and “comfort height” (tall). Human legs come in a wide variety of lengths. Squatty Potty (or a footstool) has no effect on some causes of emptying problems. When it’s helpful at all it’s likely to have the greatest effect for short people with tall toilets.

The product clearly isn't designed for people with J pouches. This is evident from a very superficial reading of the product's website which specifically mentions it is designed for people with colons in the "how it works" section:

"Your body relies on a bend in the colon (where your poop lives) and the anus (where your poop says hi) to keep everything stored until showtime. The posture of the western toilet causes a kink in this tunnel, which leads to major blockage. Squatty Potty undoes this kink so you can do business the way you were meant to."

https://www.squattypotty.com

How it does that is anyone's guess, but one thing is for sure, if you have a J Pouch you don't have a "bend in your colon", or a "kink in the tunnel." Sounds like it's designed for kids with colons, and by my estimate that's about 0% of the readers on this board.

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@Lisa H posted:

What I’ve found to be helpful is to stand after a bowel movement, bend forward, and sit down again.  If anything is still in there, it usually can be pushed out.  

My surgeon told me to do this from Day 1 after surgery. What I also found helpful is, after the second sit down, to contort/stretch my upper torso sharply to the left as far as it can go. Although twisting to the right might work better for others. Can't hurt to try both.  For a person with a J Pouch, what you have suggested will likely work better to assist the emptying process than any particular type of toilet. And it's also free! Woohoo!

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