{"id":16862,"date":"2025-09-15T08:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=16862"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:23:52","slug":"18-tricks-to-teachyour-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/18-tricks-to-teachyour-body\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Tricks To TeachYour Body"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Kate Dailey, Men\u2019s Health<\/em>1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good body-based feat, but you\u2019re more discriminating. Take that tickle in your throat; it\u2019s not worth gagging over. Here\u2019s a better way to scratch your itch: \u201cWhen the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a\u00a0muscle spasm<\/a>,\u201d says Scott Schaffer, M.D., president of an ear, nose and throat specialty center in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. \u201cThis spasm relieves the tickle.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Experience supersonic hearing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It\u2019s better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you\u2019re trying to identify that song playing softly in the elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at picking up music tones.<\/p>\n

3. Overcome your most primal urge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? Fantasize about Jessica Simpson. Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, so you won\u2019t 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\u2019s \u201cThese Boots Are Made for Walking\u201d video.<\/p>\n

4. Feel no pain!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

5. Clear your stuffed nose!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forget Sudafed. An easier, quicker, and cheaper way to relieve sinus pressure is by alternately thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the Michigan State University college of osteopathic medicine. The motion loosens congestion; after 20 seconds, you\u2019ll feel your sinuses start to drain.<\/p>\n

6. Fight fire without water!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worried those wings will repeat on you tonight? \u201cSleep on your left side,\u201d says Anthony A. Star-poli, M.D., a New York City gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at New York Medical College. Studies have shown that patients who sleep on their left sides are less likely to suffer from\u00a0acid reflux<\/a>. The esophagus and stomach connect at an angle. When you sleep on your right, the stomach is higher than the esophagus, allowing food and stomach acid to slide up your throat. When you\u2019re on your left, the stomach is lower than the esophagus, so gravity\u2019s in your favor.<\/p>\n

7. Cure your\u00a0toothache<\/a>\u00a0without opening your mouth!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped webbed area between your thumb and index finger. A Canadian study found that this technique reduces\u00a0toothache<\/a>\u00a0pain by as much as 50 percent compared with using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V stimulate an area of the brain that blocks pain signals from the face and hands.<\/p>\n

8. Make burns disappear!<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you accidentally singe your finger on the stove, clean the skin and apply light pressure with the finger pads of your unmarred hand. Ice will relieve your pain more quickly, Dr. DeStefano says, but since the natural method brings the burned skin back to a normal temperature, the skin is less likely to blister.<\/p>\n

9. Stop the world from spinning!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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. \u201cAs alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

10. Unstitch your side!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like most people, when you run, you exhale as your right foot hits the ground. This puts downward pressure on your liver (which lives on your right side), which then tugs at the diaphragm and creates a side stitch, according to The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men. The fix: Exhale as your left foot strikes the ground.<\/p>\n

11. Stanch blood with a single finger!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pinching your nose and leaning back is a great way to stop a nosebleed if you don\u2019t mind choking on your own O positive. A more civil approach: Put some cotton on your upper gums just behind that small dent below your nose and press against it, hard. \u201cMost bleeds come from the front of the septum, the cartilage wall that divides the nose,\u201d says Peter Desmarais, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat specialist at Entabeni Hospital, in Durban, South Africa. \u201cPressing here helps stop them.\u201d<\/p>\n

12. Make your heart stand still!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trying to quell first-date jitters? Blow on your thumb. The vagus nerve, which governs heart rate, can be controlled through breathing, says Ben Abo, an emergency medical-services specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. It\u2019ll get your heart rate back to normal.<\/p>\n

13. Thaw your brain!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Too much Chipwich too fast will freeze the brains of lesser men. As for you, press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can. \u201cSince the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too,\u201d says Abo. \u201cIn compensating, it overheats, causing an ice-cream headache.\u201d The more pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the faster your headache will subside.<\/p>\n

14. Prevent near-sightedness!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. \u201cIt\u2019s usually caused by near-point stress.\u201d In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. So flex your way to 20\/20 vision. Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles like the eyes into relaxing as well.<\/p>\n

15. Wake the dead!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your hand falls asleep while you\u2019re driving or sitting in an odd position, rock your head from side to side. It\u2019ll painlessly banish your pins and needles in less than a minute, says Dr. DeStefano. A tingly hand or arm is often the result of compression in the bundle of nerves in your neck; loosening your neck muscles releases the pressure. Compressed nerves lower in the body govern the feet, so don\u2019t let your sleeping dogs lie. Stand up and walk around.<\/p>\n

16. Impress your friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next time you\u2019re 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\u2019ll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that\u2019s a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will fold like a house of cards. By misaligning his hips, you\u2019ve 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\u2019s ability to resist.<\/p>\n

17. Breathe underwater!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first essentially, hyperventilate. When you\u2019re underwater, it\u2019s not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it\u2019s the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that somethin\u2019 ain\u2019t right. \u201cWhen you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity,\u201d says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. \u201cThis tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen.\u201d It\u2019ll buy you up to 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

18. Read minds!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your own! \u201cIf you\u2019re giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep,\u201d says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as long-term memory.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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