15 Spectacular Tricks For Your Body!

icyfroth — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:39:10 GMT

Ever had too much to drink and wished the room would stop spinning? See number 8 :^O

1.) If you've got an itch in
your throat, scratch your ear.
When the
nerves in the ear get
stimulated, they create a
reflex in the throat
that causes a muscle spasm,
which cures the itch.

2.) Having trouble hearing
someone at a party or on the
phone?
Use your right ear it's better
at picking up rapid speech.
But, the left is better at
picking up music tones.

3.) If you need to relieve
yourself BADLY, but you're not
anywhere
near a bathroom, fantasize
about RELATIONS. That
preoccupies your brain and
distracts it.

4.) Next time the doctor's
going to give you an injection,
COUGH as
the needle is going in. The
cough raises the level of
pressure in your
spinal canal, which limits the
pain sensation as it tries to
travel to
your brain.

5.) Clear a stuffed nose or
relieve sinus pressure by
pushing your
tongue against the roof of
your mouth then pressing a
finger between
your eyebrows. Repeat that
for 20 seconds it causes the
vomer bone
to rock, which loosens your
congestion and clears you up.

6.) If you ate a big meal and
you're feeling full as you go to
sleep,
lay on your left side. That'll
keep you from suffering from
acid reflux it keeps your
stomach lower than your
esophagus, which will helps
keep stomach acid from sliding
up your throat.

7.) You can stop a toothache
by rubbing ice on the back of
your
hand, on the webbed area
between your thumb and index
finger.
The nerve pathways there
stimulate a part of the brain
that blocks
pain signals from your mouth.

8.) If you get all messed up on
liquor, and the room starts
spinning, put your hand on
something stable. The reason:
Alcohol dilutes the blood in the
part of your ear called the
cupula, which regulates
balance. Putting your hand on
something stable gives your
brain another reference point,
which will help make the world
stop spinning.

9.) Stop a nose bleed by
putting some cotton on your
upper gums right behind the
small dent below your nose and
press against it hard. Most of
the bleeding comes from the
cartilage wall that divides the
nose, so pressing there helps
get it to stop.

10.) Nervous? Slow your heart
rate down by blowing on your
thumb. The vagus nerve
controls your heart rate, and
you can calm it down by
breathing.

11.) Need to breathe
underwater for a while?
Instead of taking a huge
breath, HYPERVENTILATE
before you go under, by taking
a bunch of short breaths.
That'll trick your brain into
thinking it has more oxygen,
and buy you about 10 extra
seconds.

12.) You can prevent BRAIN
FREEZE by pressing your
tongue flat against the roof
of your mouth, covering as
much surface area as possible.
Brain freeze happens because
the nerves in the roof of your
mouth get extremely cold, so
your brain thinks your whole
body is cold. It compensates by
overheating which causes your
head to hurt. By warming up
the roof of your mouth, you'll
chill your brain and feel
better.

13.) If your hand falls asleep,
rock your head from side to
side. That'll wake your hand or
arm up in less than a minute.
Your hand falls asleep because
of the nerves in your neck
compressing so loosening your
neck is the cure. If your foot
falls asleep, that's governed by
nerves lower in the body, so
you need to stand up and walk
around.

14.) Finally, this one's totally
USELESS, but a nice trick.
Have someone stick their arm
out to the side, straight, palm
down. Press down on his wrist
with two fingers. He'll resist,
and his arm will stay
horizontal. Then, have him put
his foot on a surface that's
half an inch off the ground,
like a stack of magazines, and
do the trick again. Because his
spine position is thrown off,
his arm will fall right to his
side, no matter how much he
tries to resist.

15.) Got the hiccups? Press
thumb and second finger over
your
eyebrows until the hiccups are gone
over - usually, in a short
while.

Re: 15 Spectacular Tricks For Your Body!

j*oono — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:55:47 GMT

Very good Icy but isn't number 11 dangerous?

It was a silly trick that we used to do in primary school that if you hyperventilate and then hold your breath you would just about pass out. Not good in the water.

Re: 15 Spectacular Tricks For Your Body!

cherry*135 — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:38:23 GMT

Yes, No 11 is dangerous, which I didn't realise till I read this a couple of days ago.

"Jack nor any of us knew the consequences of holding your breath too many times repetitively"

Game that took Jack's life occurs every day

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1302769/game-that-took-jacks-life-occurs-every-day/?cs=390

Re: 15 Spectacular Tricks For Your Body!

bright.ton42 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:46:29 GMT

These sound good Icy but sorry, this bit in No 5

Repeat that
for 20 seconds it causes the
vomer bone
to rock,

had me in stitches., it just sounds funny. But hey,

if it works I'll be thrilled as I get sinus.

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