Eighteen tricks to teach your body

Then there's...

#19. Rub your tummy in a circular motion with one hand, at the same time as patting yourself on the head in an up and down motion with your other hand. Dunno what that's good for, though.

#20. Drink water and make it come out your nose. Dunno what that's good for either, but I've done it!
 
I don't wiggle it, but sometimes, it seems that if I pinch a certain point on my nose and then blow, it feels clearer and I can push some of that blocked feeling out.

It's... OK, I put my index by my bridge and then my thumb just below where the hard part of the nose starts and then kinda push with both and then do it with the other hand. It kind of hurts to do it now.

But like I said, it's only sometimes, so I can't be sure how much it actually helps out.

And I prefer the two Advil + sucking on a whiskey soaked cottonball method for toothaches, followed by making a dentist appointment.
 
16. Impress your friends!

Next time you're at a party, try this trick: Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will cave like the French. By misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine, says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.
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Ahh, there's the source of one of the woo woo tricks faith healers use.
 
1984 said:
Then there's...

#19. Rub your tummy in a circular motion with one hand, at the same time as patting yourself on the head in an up and down motion with your other hand. Dunno what that's good for, though.

#20. Drink water and make it come out your nose. Dunno what that's good for either, but I've done it!
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My college friends will gladly tell you about the time I laughed and Cap'n Crunch came out of my nose (shoot, my wife reminds me of it at least once a year). Now _that_ is a real trick.
 
Oh, a classic!

[9. Stop the world from spinning!

One too many drinks left you dizzy? Put your hand on something stable. The part of your ear responsible for balance—the cupula—floats in a fluid of the same density as blood. "As alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises," says Dr. Schaffer. This confuses your brain. The tactile input from a stable object gives the brain a second opinion, and you feel more in balance. Because the nerves in the hand are so sensitive, this works better than the conventional foot-on-the-floor wisdom.
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At bedtime, these are the options I usually fall back to: When very drunk, have one hand on the wall. When it's worse, and I'm not very sober at all, one hand on the wall plus an additional foot on the ground (if possible). If neither helped, try sitting up straight with both feet on the floor, a bucket nearby and hope for the best. :D
 
4. Feel no pain!
German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.
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this sounds more like, taking the attention away from the discomfort or pain so it won't bother you.
heres a way that a friend of mine used a similar technique while drinking at university.
1. drink the entire bottle of goldshlager
2. stick your head in a tub of ice, and have two people, one on each side of you lift you so you are upside down with your head in the tub of ice
3. after a few seconds, take your head from the tub of ice
4. have people punch you in the face a couple of times

this is a proven method of not feeling sick from the bottle you just chugged.

amazing but true, this guy graduated and is doing quite well.:D
 
Regarding #17: (Hyperventilating before diving)
This is correct in that it raises the blood pH, essentially delaying the urge to exhale. But it does not work by increasing oxygen in the blood. It works by expelling more carbon dioxide. More to the point, it does not give you any extra time, it just makes you more comfortable before you BLACK OUT WHILE UNDERWATER.

Always dive with a buddy.
 
Regarding 4. Feel No Pain! - if you give ferrets a treat, while they are eating it they will not notice a needle stick. They like this gooey malt stuff, so the vet puts it on a tongue depressor and has me hold it in front of the ferret. The ferret licks the treat contentedly, and doesn't notice the injection. We do this every year for their annual shots.

I haven't got a clue how they would have developed such a trait. There are ferrets used as lab animals, maybe the labs bred for that.

Of course, ferrets also fold in half for easy storage.
 
Wow, that's some poor advice. #14 is wrong, focusing problems are caused by the lense, not be muscles. As for #4, if you find injections painful, there's a better solution: find another doctor. If done correctly, an injection should be painless.
 
#4 Have someone drop an anvil on your foot a la Bugs Bunny cartoon. While you are "concentrating" on your badly busted and painful tootsie (and trying to hold the foot, draw breath and cry all at once), the injection can be given without being noticed, even in the foot in question.
 
3. Overcome your most primal urge!
Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? Fantasize about Jessica Simpson. Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, so you won't feel as much discomfort, says Larry Lipshultz, M.D., chief of male reproductive medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. For best results, try Simpson's "These Boots Are Made for Walking" video.
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This one works quite well, er, apparently, I heard, from someone else, that wasn't me. It just makes it a bit more difficult to go once you do get to the bathroom though.
 
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4. Feel no pain!
German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.
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I dunno about you, but I don't want to be coughing and spasming while someone is trying to stick a needle in my arm...
 
Something else that lessens the pain of a needle stick: see if you can get your doctor to use a new needle each time.
 
Beleth said:
And #12 - slow your heart by blowing on your thumb.
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There's some validity to this - sort of. When you exhale, your heart rate slows slightly, then speeds back up as you inhale. It's not a large effect, but it is easily measured. The more fit a person is, the larger the effect, as I recall.

The thumb part? Beats me. Sounds like nonsense.
 
when you have a leg cramp, pinch your upper lip; just below the septem; the pain stops.
 
I've heard it said that two similar sources of pain are no more severe than one. In other words, having your index finger broken on your right hand is no less painfull than having both index fingers broken.

Is there anything to this?
 
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