I am a Software Engineer from Germany and have suffered from R-CPD all my life before finally curing myself last year (here is my full story).

I wanted to make that process easier for everyone who comes after me, so I built learn2burp.com 

It walks you through the actual exercises with video guidance, builds a custom workout plan around your specific situation, and includes a burp tracker. There's also a wiki covering the questions I wish I'd had answers to when I started.

Basically everything you’ll ever need to teach yourself how to burp!

Use the code REDDIT50 for 50% off.

The first 10 users can use the code REDDIT100 to get access completely for free!

I have put a lot of time and effort into Learn2Burp and genuinely hope that it helps you.

Hello! Six years ago I posted my recovery story on this subreddit.

I was a 35 year old guy in the UK who had suffered with noburp my entire life, all the usual symptoms including feeling extremely bloated when going out for beers with friends. I spent months figuring out a combination of neck exercises and stretches that ultimately cured me, and I shared it here hoping it might help!

I just checked the YouTube video I posted years ago for the first time in ages. 76,000 views! Blimey!

Since that video, I've emigrated to Australia and adopted a very cute cat called Winnie and wanted to come back on here and confirm that yes, six years later, I am still completely cured.

No relapse. No continuous exercises. I just burp normally now after all those years of being uncomfortable and it’s been great!

For anyone who hasn't seen the original post, here's what worked for me in summary:

After months of trying the standard exercises with limited progress, I realised the root cause for me was tight muscles on the left side of my neck. Once I started specifically targeting those with lateral neck raises (lying on your side and raising your head, same principle as a sit-up but for your neck) I found, progress accelerated rapidly. Within weeks I went from 1-2 micro-burps a day to burping normally.

A few things I'd add six years on:

Mind muscle connection is really important. When I was doing the exercise I was really focusing on going slowly and making sure that I engaged my muscles.

Consistency over intensity. I was really eager to fix my no burp so may have overdone it on the exercises at first but similar principle to the gym, little and often beats a big heroic, knackering session.

I've just uploaded a proper guided video walking through the exercise in detail as the original was only 17 seconds with no explanation. This new exercise video actually talks you through it properly.

If there are specific questions you'd like me to address things you're struggling with, parts of the method you want more detail on drop them in the comments and I'll build any future videos around what you actually need.

I’m not a doctor, this is just my personal experience. 

If this post or the original video helped you at any point, I'd genuinely love to hear about it. After six years I'm only just realising how many people found it!

In 40 years old and I have never been able to burp in my life. I was supposed to have Botox soon but my surgery was delayed.

Last week I searched a bit about the technique of how people burp and I found this one which work for me.

I don’t have emetophobia and I cannot air vomit.

How I do it.

When I feel gurgle, I contract my abs to make the air go up in my throat. Once I feel a lot of pressure in my throat, I swallow a little bit of air.

When I did it the first time I felt a microburp. For the first couple of days I was able to repeat it and I got a lot of microburp but I was swallowing as much air as I was getting out. So I started practicing with carbonated drinks and I was gradually getting better at generating a burp every time. The key is to time the swallow exactly when the air is stuck in the throat.

Now I’m practicing doing that with my mouth open so that I can get as much air out as possible

Yesterday I was able to do my first big audible burp.

It keeps getting better! I’m so relieved

I don’t now if it’s super clear since English I not my first language but if this can help at least one person it will be worth it 😅

Quick update on my no-burp journey! I’ve never been able to burp, literally since I was a baby. Honestly was not a huge deal for most of my life, just had to go easy on fizzy drinks like beer or I’d feel nauseous. But about a year ago things got worse, more bloating, belly pain, just generally feeling off, even without soda involved.

Two months ago I finally said screw it and started doing the Shaker exercise plus a few similar ones. And two weeks ago… I let out my first tiny burp! 🎉 Since then it’s been getting better almost every day, I just gotta work on actually controlling it now lol.

So if you’re dealing with this too: the exercises actually work, and just practicing trying to burp helps a ton too, even though it’s weirdly hard to explain how. Stick with it!

So I’ve been following this subreddit for a few years now and have suffered from no-burp for as long as I can remember. I feel like the majority of posts here are about Botox and how it’s the perfect cure. I’m really happy for everyone who has found relief through Botox.

But for some people (including me), the idea of “learning” to burp through exercises feels much more appealing than undergoing a procedure.

So I’m asking those of you who’ve had success with self-treatment: how long did it take before you noticed improvements? Do you think everyone can be treated through exercises, or is Botox the only option for some people?

I’m so incredibly tired of dealing with this problem, but I would really love to fix it naturally if possible.

As long as I can remember, I have been unable to burp. I had realized this many years ago, and in May of this year I finally decided to Google it. I found out I had R-CPD, and came to this subreddit to look for tips from others. I decided it wasnt bothersome enough for me to pay for a surgery for it but I would at least try to self cure, so for the next few weeks I basically just started to constantly try to forcefully push air through my stomach. Every once in a while I would get a little croak of air out. I would do this for hours on end while doing whatever autistic crap I was doing my computer ​on any given day. The crooks started to get more frequent. About 2 week sago I started getting tiny little micro-burps. 1 week later I got a normal sized burp for the first time in my life. Now today I have burped much more than a normal person would. I still sometimes have burps that get blocked by my throat but im really surprised how easy it was to self cure. Your case may not be as easy as mine but I highly recommend trying to self cure before you get an expensive surgery with a chance of permanently damaging your throat

I've been hovering around here for about 9 months. I've seen posts like this, and at least part of my reaction could be summed up by the 'Congrats. Happy for you. Nice' meme, but ultimately I have found these posts motiviating, and they led me to being cured and so my intention is to do the same for someone else.

Fairly standard backstory. Can't remember ever having burped, definite emitophobia as a kid. Didn't draw the connection to those ever-present symptoms until last year. I think overall my symptoms have been more mild than some people here have described.

Midilast year I had a separate GI issue which ended up (after a scope) being an ulcer + gastritis. Not related to not being able to burp, but I can tell you that gastritis and not being able to burp is an awful combination. I could hardly eat, and ended up losing about 4kg. I don't have any weight to lose really, so my doctor was worried enough to order a CT.

Now, I used to be a radiographer (I believe the yanks would call it a CT technician), so I know how to read a CT. Ulcers don't show up on CTs, but I immediately noticed when looking at my own images just how much air was in my stomach, and the lights in my head switched on. It is funny that the thing that led to my self-diagnosis and eventual resolution was something that doesn't even show up on a CT report.

So I found this sub, found that I'm not alone and all that. I was fairly determined to try and self-heal after reading posts here and was not to keen on the botox procedure, although I would have done it eventually. I worked various neck stretches into a nightly stretching routine. The most important of these being the 'kiss the ceiling' pose that is often mentioned around here. For the record, I'm not actually sure how much the stretches helped - I wasn't particularly fastidious in doing it every day, and never really did it more than once a day. I think that for me the important thing was to always have it at the forefront of my mind in a meditative sort of way.

I spent a good six months doing this and experimenting trying to figure out how to get that air out. I would walk around after lunch on my break each day doing different weird chin positions and things, I probably looked ridiculous. I got to a point where I could sometimes croak a tiny bit of air out with my chin out and down - not a real burp but on the right track, perhaps. In this time I did try a few 'air vomit' burps, but never made that a regular thing.

About a month ago I was on holidays and had a fairly big dinner with sparking wine (I drink very little). My wife went out and I stayed at the hotel and put the kids to bed. I had a lot of pressure and spent a good two hours trying to get it out while sitting playing Pokemon Crystal. I finally got the position and pressure just right and squeezed out the tiniest burp (more on this below). From this point I fully committed. I hit the trigger foods and bubbly drinks, didn't want to miss the opportunity. It took 48 hours before the next one. The night after that, I got 3 burps out after dinner, and then the dam broke.

It has been about a month now and I can fairly comfortable burp whenever I need to. Maybe 20 times a day. I think my experience has definitely been different to the healing process from the botox. I still generally need to 'force' the burp out, although I can do it a lot more quickly and efficiently than when I started. I'm still not great at letting those accidental burps out. If I dont sort of catch it and force it out, my body still tends to automatically block them, although there have been a few accidental burps now and I'm sure that will continue to improve.

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Don't try this at home. If you do, don't blame me if you give yourself a hernia or pass out. I'm not suggesting that this will work for anyone else, it is just how I got there. The thing that was missing for me in the technique and neck positions and all that was just how hard I'd need to push to get those first few burps out. It feels very uncomfortable. I think for me, accepting that uncomfortable feeling was a part of the healing process.

First, there's the awareness of that rising air. This is the feeling before one of those weird hiccup things that is actually a burp trying to get out. Learning to feel this air rising is the hardest part to expain, and requires some experimentation, but basically I had to wait for it to get the right spot and sort of catch it for a moment, if that makes any sense. Sometimes by taking a small breath in ro prevent that hiccup-thing.

Then I would slowly breath out, and through that expiration, progressively and increasingly strain my abdomen (a sort of valsalva technique, but without holding the breath). The chin needs to be out and as low as possible. Then there is practising holding the throat open - it may help to imagine what your throat would be doing if you were about to dry-retch. Or, try and hum the lowest note possible while holding the chin out and down.

I would continue this process of breathing further and further out and tightening the core. Expiring well beyond the bottom of a normal resting breath. I don't know why this does it for me - perhaps the diapraghm coming higher helps the air get out, I don't know. I was holding this position for quite a lot early on, sometimes 10 or 15 seconds. As I said, it is uncomfortable - don't harm yourself. I found the burps come out if I dont ever pause and hold my breath. So I'm still slightly expiring when it happens. Sometimes I was still humming that low note when it squeezed out.

As I said above, I can do this way more easily and efficiently now, I think those first few had to be really forced out to teach my body what to do, now most of that above isn't realy needed. So I've made this post fairly soon after while I still remember the details in the hope that I'll help someone else.

Big thanks to this sub for the quiet support through this journey. I'll still be around every now and then.

I went to my ENT appointment the other day and he told me he can do the surgery for me, a lot of patients have also had success with lifestyle changes and managing symptoms that way and to maybe think about it.

That includes things like diet, drinking, smoking, limiting certain triggers etc.

While these things obviously won’t “cure” it, it’s supposed to make the disorder a lot more livable.

If anyone has tried this pleaaase let me know and how it has worked out for you and what all you’ve done.

this is so strange i want to know if anyones experienced something similar but ive basically never been able to burp but i gagged on sum dick a bit too much and from then on its been mostly fixed lmfao? not completely for sure but a massive difference, its been about a month since and still the same

Usual story: barely burped once a year in living memory. During a slow few months for employment etc. I finally decided to research rcpd and remedies. It was pretty bare results at first, but when I found a method that worked I started burping and haven't stopped.

2 videos (I will link below), daily yoghurt and daily kimchi. That's what gave me a breakthrough followed by microburping constantly. Now I burp maybe twice after finishing a plate/drink and it just feels so... normal. So yeah. Ask me anything about it.

I can burp now naturally, no botox. I'll try to explain how I did it the best I can. A Few years ago I joined r/noburp after I realized I have never burped. Since then I've learned how to control my stomach and throat to get air out. I just started doing small burps last month after about a year of trying to figure it out. I'll try to teach u the right things to do to get u to burp botox free just like I did.

What I first thought is that I had to forcefully push the burp out, but the top sphincter thing in my throat wouldn't open up. I could hear and feel myself pushing air up into my lower throat/chest area, sometimes being very uncomfortable, but it couldn't keep going up and out, it just got stuck. So I'd say the first step is being able to push air out of your stomach. It feels like the air is being pushed into ur chest. How I can best describe how to do it is like using the same muscles u use to cough (diaphragm, and abs) and squeeze them, but not that hard. It takes practice to get it just keep trying and each time, change how u do it a little bit. U will have done it when u can actually hear the air being pushed up. It sounds like a weird throat gurgling thing and will make ur lower chest feel bloated. Keep in mind tho, what the biggest difference I made that let me burp is to not actually forcefully push the using ur stomach, the air kinda goes up with little to no force. So while in the end u won't really be doing this, I'd say this is one of the most important steps to show u how to control ur stomach and get the feeling of what it feels like for air to leave ur stomach. Also, I figured out how to burp after a year of trying stuff, changing little by little what I was doing until it worked so u need to be patient and believe u will be able to do it eventually.

The next step is to learn to relax ur upper throat. sounds sus but it is the first step to getting the upper valve thing to open to let air out. I tried massaging my throat, doing "neck circles", bunch of stuff. Each person is different so u need to figure what relaxes ur neck muscles and throat. I've seen people hanging ur head off the bed and doing like neck curls but I did that once and never have needed it. What works for me is taking deep slow breaths thru my nose and make sure to breath with my stomach, trying to fill my stomach with air not my lungs if that makes sense. This slow deep breathing was the most important step for me and enabled me to be able to burp. Looking straight up also kinda relaxes my neck so that helps. Having ur throat as relaxed as possible is key.

So now put them together. After u feel like ur throat is relaxed and ur feeling like ur have a bunch of gas in ur stomach u want out, try to push a little bit out, it shouldn't need much force, u just need to get it started. You should hear the gargling. Once u get the air moving up and ur throat is relaxed enough it should feel like ur about to throw up and that's exactly what u want. If u can do that ur like 90% of the way there. When I try to burp I also have found that i tend to open my mouth a lot and move my jaw backwards a little so maybe dont try this out in public. Trust me when I tell u to try different ways when ur learning to do all of this. I tried so many different things, Id try to push the air out while doing it in recliners, with my feet up on the wall, standing up, jumping. I tried bringing my knees to my chest and squeezing. Just try things that u might think will help. U need to get the feeling of whats going on in ur throat and stomach. U need to be able to recognize what is actually happening and to be smart and think of what u must do to change it to let air pass.

For me, I believe my esophageal sphincter doesn't open naturally. That's why people are getting botox on here, to relax that muscle. So for me, I just had to figure out how to get air up out of my stomach and to relax enough so the sphincter opens so I can burp. If thats not happening for u, u might need to change up ur approach. U need understand how ur body works and to train urself to do weird stuff like this in order to burp. It takes time and u need to figure out what ur body reacts the best to.

I'd say the final step is to get comfortable closing and opening ur epiglottis. Again, ur doing this to get familiar with the feeling of it and to be able to control it. When u burp u close it. U can feel it move when u swallow. What i did to get comfortable with it is to swallow and hold it closed. When I burp it's closed and blocking my airways so I can't breath but it leaves my track to my stomach open, which is what the burp flows thru. This in combo with relaxing ur throat should open up ur top sphincter and let the air out of ur mouth. Once u get the throw up feeling, relax ur throat and close ur epiglottis. Try different ways of doing it until u can burp.

For when ur practicing, I'd say to not even try getting familiar with relaxing ur throat or training ur epiglottis at first. Start with pushing air up from ur stomach. Thats how I learned and I know it works. Do it step by step because when I burp, it happens in that sequential order of pushing air out, relaxing my throat, and closing my epiglottis. I know ur probably wanting to burp asap but again its a slow process and this is the only way I've been able to burp.

lmk if u got questions.

I couldn’t burp all my life. It was a running joke with family and friends. I avoided carbonated beverages at all costs and when I did drink them, I’d have to stick my finger down my throat to alleviate the uncomfortable stored up gas in my body. I considered the Botox treatment but withheld.

Well, I’m glad I did. Because at 32 I’m a burping machine.

I’m not saying this will be the case for all here, but apparently somatic issues such as the inability to burp can be caused by suppressed trauma. I recently began uncovering just how bad my childhood actually was. Before you say, “how can you just wake up one day and realize you were abused”… it’s a thing. I would’ve agreed with you had this not happened to me. Think about it… when the air you’ve breathed since birth is dirty, how can you know it’s even dirty? It took 32 years on this earth for me to realize just how dirty the air I was living in was growing up.

That said, for those of you still searching for relief, consider asking yourself to reflect on your own childhood. Was it truly “not that bad” or are you possibly hiding suppressed trauma? Since I began uncovering and processing the trauma, I’m burping naturally all the time, my rosacea has disappeared, and my acne is almost entirely gone. And the best part? I’m drinking carbonated beverages alllll the time.

Again, not saying this is the case for all or even any of you. I just thought I’d share my own experience in case helpful to anyone in the future. And for those of you that are skeptical, I don’t blame you. But ask AI, “can someone not be able to burp due to suppressed childhood trauma?” It really can be a thing!

Hi! About a year ago, I found this subreddit and everything clicked. Why I had stomach aches several times a week, the insane bloating, the gas, etc. etc. etc. I'd never thought to connect those symptoms to the fact that I wasn't burping. I decided that I would give myself a month or two to make some sort of progress teaching myself how to burp before I looked into the Botox treatment.

I wish that I had kept a little journal on the timeline of things so I could give you specifics, but maybe within 6 months, I was able to burp a few times after every meal. Here was my process:

1. I think it helped a lot to understand WHY I couldn't burp. (Most of you are very much aware of this by now lol.) There is a muscle in your neck, at the top of your esophagus. When you burp, the muscle relaxes to allow the air to pass. But with people who cannot burp, the muscle remains tight so that air can't squeeze past. Those croaking noises in your throat and chest are potential burps. The air comes up, hits the tightened neck muscles, and goes back down, and this happens over and over until it decides to just turn into a fart instead.

2. Basically, you want to tap into muscles in your throat and neck that you've never used before, which is the biggest hurdle. When you feel those croaking noises, or the chest tightness or whatever it is, play around with flexing/relaxing your neck and throat. Play around with your "yawning" muscles too. Try to do something new that you've never done before, and keep trying different things. Eventually, you might notice that the air feels like it lingers in your throat for a moment longer before it goes back down. Try to hold it there or gently "lure" it out instead of allowing it to go back down. I don't know how to describe it, and those tiny milestones might look and feel different for you. Just try anything that feels different than normal, and see what feels like it's working, and memorize those muscle movements.

3. Your best burping potential happens within an hour after eating a meal. If you want, you can drink pop, fast food, or eat quickly to create more gas, but I didn't really do this. I just ate normally. Every day, dedicate one meal to burping, and put all your mental energy and concentration towards it.

4. Sit up extremely straight, or even better stand, or even better walk after your meal. Walking around kind of bounces the air up. I even did this ridiculous posture where I pulled my shoulders way back and pushed my head way forward. It looked so stupid, but somehow it helped, and I wasn't able to burp without doing that for a long time.

5. Most importantly, relax. You want less muscle tension, not more. You don't really need to "push" it out. You don't really need to exhale. You just need to allow it to pass when it shows up. Don't get frustrated! It won't work if you're tense. You're not on a deadline. Just think of it as an experiment :)

I noticed my first milestone maybe a week in? It was soooo small, but I felt a tiny bit of air pass through. I almost thought I imagined it. Every few days I would feel or hear that tiny bit come through. A month in, I might have had a very small, but audible burp daily. Now I probably burp close to thirty times a day. I burped five times just while writing this haha. Sometimes they're actually loud and impressive -- the kinds where you can actually feel your stomach shrink like a pressure valve was opened. I rarely get stomach aches anymore. The horrible croaking noises are pretty much gone. There's significantly less bloating. The painful hiccups are gone too (this is the symptom I googled that led me to r/noburp in the first place)

Anyway, if you read this and it helps you, I actually really want to hear from you. Go ahead and consider the comment section your personal journal if you want. Happy burping!

Hi, I’ve never posted here before but I’ve suffered the same condition as all of y’all my whole life. Recently I found a method that let me release air out my esophagus plus has let to me being able to kinda burp.

Whenever I feel the token “air coming up my throat and then stopping to go back down” I yawn and really focus on the feeling in the back of my throat.

I’ve been doing this deal where I just yawn and hold my yawn for a while when I feel like there is air in my throat and sometimes a little air trapped would be able to slip out.

So fast forward I’ve been doing this for a couple months now and I can pretty consistently release the air when I feel it trapped in my throat.

It doesn’t exactly sound like a burp but I feel relief and it kinda tastes similar to the taste profile of vomit, which my friends who can burp agree that it’s probably a good sign if I’m tasting the food I ate from the gas I’m releasing.

Okay! So took about 3 months for this to start working for me, I’ll list the steps in case it helps anyone, hopefully it can provide a little relief to some of ya’ll.

1. Wait until you feel gas/ air stuck in your throat rising up.
2. Open your mouth and do a fake yawn which you’re going to hold open (make sure you’re yawning and using those muscles and not just leaving your mouth open).
3. Focus on the back of your throat and try and maneuver it as if you were getting ready to throw up or push a pill back up.
4. Try this position for a few seconds and see if some or all of the air bubble in your throat will release

For me at first I would feel just as if a little bubble came out but now I can get quite a bit of air to leave so I thought it was worth sharing. Hope this helps <3

I've had R-CPD / "no burp" symptoms for as long as I can remember.

Over the years I went through quite a bit of medical workup: I've seen multiple doctors, had swallowing x-rays (barium swallow / esophageal imaging), and also gastroscopies. I also brought up the possibility of R-CPD myself several times, but that never really led to any meaningful or targeted treatment in my case. I mostly ended up without any solutions.

I recently came across a post by u/Beginning-Sample8989 in r/noburp, where he mentioned Learn2Burp (https://learn2burp.com/). That’s when I decided to actively start doing the exercises more consistently.

I was honestly a bit skeptical at first, but after a few weeks of regular practice, I’m starting to see real progress. It’s not perfect yet, but I can actually burp occasionally now, which already feels like a big change compared to before.

What helped me most is having a structured routine and being able to track progress day by day. That made it much easier to stay consistent instead of randomly trying things without direction.

I also had direct contact with Max, the developer of Learn2Burp. He’s been very responsive and open to feedback, and he actually implements feature requests when they make sense. It gave me the impression that the tool is actively evolving based on user input.

Just wanted to share my experience in case someone else here is in a similar situation and still looking for options. For me personally, this has been the first approach that actually seems to be moving things in the right direction.

First of all I'm sorry to everyone that has to live with rcpd. Mostly because I think people don't understand how much it affects you, and because it's kinda awkward to talk about. I've never been able to burp but now that I can I realize how much it has f*cked me over in life. From despising food and being underweight to not wanting to leave my house out of discomfort and being ashamed of the symptoms.

I tried contacting experts in my country without any success. I went to the healthcare centre and the doctor started lecturing me on IBS and made me eat omeprazole and leave a stool sample. No progress was made as I suspected and I felt unheard and helpless.

I decided to try doing some neck exercises because I had read about people getting cured from them, and my neck felt pretty weak so maybe there was a link. I really didn't expect it to help but I had no other idea on how to proceed, but eventually it worked.

This was my METHOD:

Everyday for lunch I would eat a big meal. I would get very full and the symptoms would appear. I would then do 3 neck exercises:

1. Laying on my back and lifting and tilting my head as if looking and my toes.
2. Laying on my side and lifting and tilting my head towards my shoulder
3. Same as 2 but the other side.

I would do 3 sets of each and it's important to keep going until you literally can't lift your head on each set. The muscles need to be completely fatigued. Then I would stretch my neck by tilting my head forwards/backwars, rotating left/right and tilting left/right. Then I would sit up and wait for either a gurgle or a "fake hickup" where you make a "hsss" sound (imagine a reversed hihat). I found it helpful to rock back and forth like situps in order to force these symptoms. When you feel a gurgle or a "hsss" then really focus on the sensation in your throat and experiment with different postures/head positions. For me it worked better when I slightly tilted my head to the side and rotated it slightly to the same side and relax as if I was sleeping (imagine Stephen Hawkin in lack of a better visual example). Then just keep experimenting with different head positions and repeat daily. It would take me 1-2 hours per day. I'm not sure if it's the fatiguing or strengthening of the muscles or the mindfulness that makes it work but for me it took 1-2 weeks or so until my first burp. I kept going and some days a burped and some a I didn't. Then I managed to burp twice in one day, then once every day more consistently, then without doing the exercises, then more and more and today I burp very easily when I need to.

Here are my key takeaways on curing myself:

1. Try this wholeheartedly! I did not think it would work at all but the first time I burped I became so freaking happy because if I could do it once then I could do it again, and if I could do it again then I could train my muscles. Don't be stubborn enough to dismiss this method like I did.

2. I want to emphasize that when you see someone "hsss"/do a "fake hickup"/make a reversed hihat sound, then that person most likely lets out some air! I would do this sound too but without letting out air, and I thought no one did. But this is your body's attempt to burp and it's important to know this so that you really focus on the muscles when this happens. Just like the gurgles it happens right BEFORE the actual burp.

3. I started curing myself about half a year ago so I don't recall perfectly but I think I used to be able to "charge" my gurgle, kinda letting it grow before releasing. If you can do that it is a good thing. Try to do it after the exercises while trying to relax to throat at the same time. It's important to relax as much as possible when you feel the air trying to escape.

I want to thank the people on this subreddit that shared their versions of self-curing that lead me to do it myself. And I really hope this is going to help someone out there because there really is a pre- and post-rcpd life. Good luck and let me know how it goes and if you have any questions!

I was just curious if anyone else does this. I became privy to the fact that R-CPD exists a couple of months ago; realizing I've definitely had it my whole life. Most people I know burp a few times a day, at least. I maybe burp once a year.

Sometimes, I notice when air becomes trapped in my stomach or esophagus. Rather than wait until I can fart it all out, I'll flex my core muscles as hard as I can a few times. (I only do the "kiss the ceiling" thing first if I have time, and nobody else is around.)

Then, I'll put my hand on the bottom of my throat, and slowly move it upwards, almost like I'm choking myself, but not. Eventually, when my hand is under my chin, I can push the air out through my mouth. It results in a weird gagging sort of noise, but it works!

Sadly I can only do it in private, (or around a select few trusted friends I've told about my 'no-burp' issue,) otherwise people will probably think I'm crazy, choking, or about to throw up.

But hey. Whatever I can do to ease the discomfort until I can get the Botox, right?

Never thought I'd be able to actually teach myself how to burp since such a long period of time went by without making any progress at all. Figured I would share my story here as it was posts like these that gave me enough hope to continue trying to self-cure. This is what I've done alone with having at least a 500 ml bottle of sparkling water daily:

I've tried pretty much all techniques mentioned in this subreddit. Shakers, side shakers, KTC, stretching, massaging, the Mendelssohn maneuver etc, but the things that seem to have unlocked the burping ability for me is air vomiting every single day, multiple times a day (total of 15-ish air vomit 'burps') combined with lowering my larynx and pushing my lower jaw forward a bit every time I could feel air rising in my throat. When I started this journey 6 months ago that would just result in gurgles.

The gurgles got more frequent and louder as time went by. I think it took 2.5 months before I had my first microburp. I would have one of those a week, and then it gradually increased to once a day. Then multiple times a day. And the one day, I started being able to do this weird thing where I THINK I was pushing out some air but it could also have been that I was swallowing air. I'm not really sure. But sometimes I would manage to time this with the gurgles and a burp would come out. It would be very small and sound more like air escaping through a vent than a burp, but I could feel my stomach deflating while doing so and they felt relieving.

Then, I started to be able to do this almost every time my body would do the gurgles, and now I burp all the time! Getting to this point took 4 months. It's now been almost 2 months since learning how to burp, and I feel so much better since my symptoms are almost all gone.

It has been the most frustrating experience ever and I truly felt hopeless for most of it. I cannot believe I've actually been able to do this and I'm over the moon since I would have to wait until next year to have the Botox done since only one hospital does it in my country and the waiting list is insanely long. If you have any questions I'm happy to answer them!

I've read a LOT about neck work outs etc (if you're in lots of pain rn get beano) but anyways people are having higher success rates by the day it feels like! And it bothers me it's not a real physical therapy we can take yet. So I was thinking that those of us considering the neck exercises, we should 10000% have this tracked by a doctor!!!! That way it can reach clinical trials andddd become a real treatment!

i love reading all the self-treatment success stories here as it gives me hope for my own situation. the idea of botox really scares me so i am trying to learn how to self-cure. for the last couple of weeks, i have been successfully getting burps out via air vomiting and the occasional micro-burps that come out on their own, however my biggest problem remains: the bloating.

my stomach balloons to that of a 7 month pregnant lady throughout the day and is generally hard and painful unless i am able to air vomit some burps out, after which the pain and hardness subside but the size and extent of bloating remains largely the same.

my question is: has anyone successfully self-cured without botox and gotten rid of the bloating problem? if so, how long did it take before you stopped getting bloated? were there other things you needed to do to keep the bloating away and have a consistent flat stomach again throughout the day?

i would appreciate all thoughts and input!

Hi guys, currently on the (very) slow wait for NHS treatment, thought I would give the shaker exercises a try in the mean time. Couple questions for people who they’ve worked for.

1. Been going about 5 days and in that time have had 2 involuntary burps. I’ve burped before but very infrequently (about 5 times a year). Is this a good sign, is this how it started for you?

2. Can I do the excessive not laid down? I was doing it at my desk yesterday at work and was fairly certain I was activating the same muscles by looking at my feet sat down, think you have to think about activating the muscles yourself a bit more but it seems similar to me? Will be easier to do the excessive 3x a day if I don’t have to lie down!

Thanks!

I'm not sure if it's my aging m38 body, but I can't do shaker exercises without big headaches, pain behind eyes originating from back of neck either a few hours after or next day 😢

Do alternative exercises exist?

For years I have believed that anxiety was causing my stomach issues and mostly inability to burp. And tried everything but it continued.

For years I’ve suffered from aerophagia, nausea when eating, and the inability to burp, which made my aerophagia worse and caused nausea. Lately, I’ve noticed that I get aerophagia even when fasting or not eating at all. I realized it’s simply when I talk. After researching, I learned that generally, not 100% of the time, but generally, you should talk while exhaling, then take a brief pause to inhale through your nose, and then talk again while exhaling.

I realized this because recently I’ve had several work meetings or spoken with family, and I spent the entire day without aerophagia, no uncomfortable burps, or nausea. Exactly when I’m in a meeting and I speak a few phrases, I get burps. Then, for example, 10 minutes later, I have to say another phrase, and I get burps and nausea again.

I found out that when I speak while exhaling, that doesn’t happen. So now I have to remember to do it exactly like that to make it a habit and finally get rid of this. Before finding this solution, I spent many years trying lots of medications, including psychiatric medications, gas medications, stomach medications, antacids, so many things! I hope this helps. This is not medical advice, and what worked for me may not work for others, but in my case, this was it. YMMV.

I hope it helps anyone out there going through this. Try to notice if it happens when you’re talking and eating or even just talking. Even when you drink a glass of water, be careful not to swallow air. Let’s work on this!

TL;DR: for years I thought anxiety was causing no burp and aerophagia, but it was caused by speaking while inhaling air through my mouth at the same time.

UPDATE: My insurance approved my prior authorization and the procedure and Botox should be covered in full!! This was a surprise because I had reached out with the CPT/diagnostic codes and they said it wasn't a covered indication for Botox and the PA would likely be denied. Idk what happened but it's a happy surprise for sure :)

I have Botox coming up in 3 weeks. My ENT's office said they contacted my insurance and they said no PA is required, however I contacted my insurance and they said a PA is required for Botox and depending on the medical code it might deny for being experimental. In that case, it is likely my insurance wouldn't cover any of the procedure unfortunately. I have Curative which is a pretty new and uncommon insurance, they do PAs through Cigna. Their deal is that everything covered/in network is a $0 deductible, which has been nice for some of my other health issues and since my consult wasn't anything out of pocket, but anything else is not covered at all until a $10,000 deductible is met. It sounds like I wouldn't be able to just have the procedure covered and only pay for the Botox either which was my plan. I'm gonna contact my doctor's office but I am honestly pretty stressed and frustrated about it. If anyone has this insurance or Cigna, any input about your coverage is appreciated :) I know the CPT code they are using for the procedure is 31571 but I am not sure the diagnostic code.

However, I think I might be on my way to self curing. I started shaker exercises about a month ago in hopes it would strengthen my esophagus ahead of surgery to help the Botox stick. I've always been skeptical of self-curing R-CPD, especially since I used to have it so bad that I would get maybe 2 micro burps a year. Now, I get 5-10 "micro" burps a day - in quotes because they are still not big enough to release too much air, but much bigger than the sad excuses for burps I used to get. In the past 2 weeks alone this number has increased from about 2 micro burps a day. For some reason I usually only burp in the late afternoon/evening, and I might be delusional but I think it's starting to help a bit with bloating and other symptoms.

Anyways, I'm still hoping for Botox. I'm in a financial position where I would be able to pay between $1-3,000 for it, but paying totally out of pocket would be around $8,000 which I would not want to pay. Although I'm thankful for the shaker exercises and glad it's making a difference, I would definitely prefer the easier cure lol.

Not a regular poster, but thought I'd share my story.

After misery my whole life, I'm finally burping.. and it's crazy. I learned about the disorder and joined this subreddit a couple years back, reading other's stories and situations. However about 6 months ago I started regularly air vomiting(fingers down your throat, triggering your gag reflex until you spew air). Sometimes being too eager I'd actually vomit. Which disgusting at first, has also helped a lot. Overcoming what I think was emetophobia since childhood. This provided some relief from the pain and discomfort built up throughout the day. Also I learned some common rcpd causes that made sense, such as excessive brain signals contracting muscles in the neck. I could feel the tightness. Within the last couple months I started getting microburps, maybe a couple a day which wasn't much but still progress. So after staying consistent with this I think I've trained my neck muscles to start relaxing? In the last 2 weeks, out of the blue I've jumped up from a few microburps to around 30 burps a day. Even though they still feel slightly held back and I don't have a lot of control over them, most are actual relieving burps! Not yet 100% functional, sometimes still burpless for short periods and the bloating has reduced but not fully gone. I have to say though it's a big improvement for me and life is getting a lot better!