Let’s face it, we virtually know nothing about our bodies. I mean, we breathe, and sleep, and eat, and put it on repeat. But apparently, there’s some everyday magic we can do with our physique that we didn’t have a clue existed. Pull your seat closer.
You know how you're sitting in a movie theatre and out of nowhere, your nose is about to blast off like Elon Musk's SpaceX? There’s a trick for this. Or hiccups. There’s a simple hack to treat those little devils too. Because we can only take a limited amount of hiccups at a time, and every extra one is a threat to human dignity.
So scroll down below to pack yourself with some useful tips and tricks that may save your date, shield you from embarrassment, and simply make it pass.
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Instead of treading water and tiring yourself out float on your back by arching your spine and pushing your hips up toward the sky. Spread your limbs out and use small movements with your arms to stabilize. Contemplate life.
When you do pullups, try to imagine yourself pulling your elbows down, not pulling your body up. It's a mental trick that can make them feel easier, because it forces you to use the muscles in your back more.
Although you're still going to be scammed in those "stay on the bar for two minutes and win 100 dollars!!" games
Feeling depressed or just thoroughly upset? Have a snack containing the following:
--Dark chocolate (to raise endorphins)
--Blueberries (to raise serotonin)
--Green tea+ (which contains L-theanine that blocks stress receptors in your brain)
--Anything rich in B-vitamins like 5-Hour Energy, VitaminWater, or banana chips (as B-vitamins replenish energy that's sapped when you are depressed)
I've used this custom snack pack to great effect in the past, even coming back from being legitimately suicidal. I've had my mood turn around inside of 2 hours with this. I'm on a daily antidepressant now and am doing much better overall, but sometimes I still need this emotional bandaid fix.
+Hot or cold green tea will work, but for added benefit, holding a warm mug of hot tea sends signals to your brain to help your muscles relax, which you may be subconsciously tensing due to stress.
Dark chocolate also helps you after a Dementor attack ;)
Water should be the first thing you put into your body each day.
Make pooping easier by elevating your knees and feet, so you're in a squatting position.
Squeezing your left thumb into your palm can help cut off your gag reflex.
Thought it was [bullcrap]. Tried it. Can brush my tongue nicely now
When you are hot pour cold water over your wrists to cool your body off. The reason this remedy works is because your wrist and neck both contain pulse points, areas where you can feel your pulse because your blood vessels are close to the surface of your skin.
Be careful to not use water that's too cold... your vessels contract quickly if it's too cold so you won't actually cool off that well. Best to use lukewarm water that your body doesn't register as *cold*... just less hot than your body. (Same goes for every other method of using liquids to cool off - lukewarm/slightly cold works better!). By the same token, wrapping your *wrists* (and neck) warm in winter can retain a lot of heat.
If you need to get up in the middle of the night keep one eye closed so that when you flip on the lights it stays attuned to night vision. That way you can still see in the dark with the other eye when you're done.
If you're worried you're gonna throw up, you're mouth usually fills with saliva a bit beforehand because the contents of your stomach are harmful to the throat. It's a pretty good sign you're gonna toss them cookies.
I see, "easy body tricks that may come in handy" means reflexes. Yes, those may come in handy. Thank you.
If you have a stuffed up nostril, lay on your side which is opposite to the nostril (e.g. If the left nostril is plugged, lay on your right side). Try tilting your head different ways and just lay there. Once you find the right head orientation, the pressure will relieve itself. It's orgasmic.
Tiptoe (toe-heel walk) every time you aren't wearing shoes, improves balance and +1 stealth. Also good way to workout those calves.
I don't wear shoes when I'm home. That would be very weird to do all the time.
Lie on your left side to help prevent bedtime heartburn after you eat a big meal
If you get some form of exercise every day, your mind and body will feel better. Lifting 3-4 times a week and biking to work/school every day has completely changed who I am over the course of a year and a half. Don't give up on yourself.
People really underestimate how important this is for mental well being. Humans are made for walking about 20 km a day actually and not exercising at all is like keeping a bird in a cage all the time.
If you are experiencing a panic attack or you are anxious enough to elevate your heart rate, you can hold a cold water bottle to your face between your nose and cheekbone and hold your breath for 30 seconds to have your body relax itself.
If you feel a sneeze coming but it fails to emerge (super frustrating), look at a bright light and it'll come. Works for me almost every time.
Actually only 18-35% of people can induce sneezing by looking at light. It's still really useful to those that can though!
Rolling around and stretching on the floor for 5-10 minutes helps to relieve a huge amount of body aches/soreness for me. It really relaxes your body and loosens it up.
If you're writing a test and are having trouble thinking/remembering an answer, adjust your position - somehow this helps you think differently
Also works with crying babies. If you're holding one on the left shoulder, and you move him or her to the right, sometimes it soothes them. My theory is their clothing is rubbing on them somewhere that is making them uncomfortable. I also found with a really cranky baby, change their clothes and that can help.
When you get a brain freeze, press and hold your tongue up to the roof of your mouth.
More a gltich than a hack, but if you position yourself in the door frame (or something similar) with your arms hanging down and push both your arms against the frame with all your force and keep doing that for about 30 seconds and step away while completely relaxing your arms your arms will raise themselves upwards while you are relaxing your arms.
If you have somewhat of a double chin or you want your jawline to be more defined in a picture, put your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
Drain congested sinuses by alternating between pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then pressing a finger between your eyebrows
To quickly cure your hiccups: Deeply inhale, hold it, swallow twice, then exhale through your nose.
I drink water from the opposite rim of the glass until the hiccups are gone.
Finally! Nobody believed me when I sad that until I showed them! :-D
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nah nah nah. heres how you do it: hold your breath while drinking water upside down while counting to a hundred in your mind while watching a horror movie (for jump scares) while wiggling your toes and raising your eyebrows up and down to the rhythm of the national anthem on a cold day in November with lights switching on and off.
10 very small (and consecutive) gulps of water always do the trick for me
The best way to cure hiccups is to hold your breath while drinking a glass of water and while continuing holding your breath, gulp an uneven number of sips of water for a minimum of 11 gulps. It works like a charm!
I’ve never had the hiccups before. I’m 37 years old. I have a feeling that one day I’ll get them and they’ll never go away
I hope you never get 'em, but remember these tips if it does happen. 😁
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Yeah, I’ve tried this. I usually hiccup about halfway through, several times, before I give up and try something else. Diversion is better; so the old trying to drink from the other side of the glass or putting sugar under your tongue and concentrating on holding it there while it melts seem to work better. Sometimes simply burping the excess air out does the trick. If they don’t and the hiccups persist, you need to see a doctor because, believe it or not, chronic hiccups can be dangerous.
I take a deep breath (lungs gotta be full) and hold as long as possible. My guess why this works is you can't hiccup (draw in air) if your lungs are already full, and once you break the rhythm, they stop. Never failed me in sixty years.
Absolutely! For bad hiccups I sometimes hold my breath twice in a row, but it always works. I think it's because it expands the diaphragm, stopping it from spasming.
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I drink water slowly while holding my breath for as long as I can. The interruption works 9/10.
Hiccuping is caused by your diaphragm, the muscle under your lungs that controls breathing, spasming. So to cure hiccups I do a big belly breath - pushing my belly out as much as I can while breathing in, and hold it as long as possible. Usually sorts it out in a couple of goes.
I find that swallowing at the point when a hiccup is coming will do it, but of course, it's hard to time it right.
I squeeze/pinch the little pointy part of your outer ear called the Tragus while holding my breath. Works every time for me.
I hold my breath and bend over. Hiccups gone. Only thing that works quickly and everytime
To h only thing that has EVER worked for me or my kids is a tbsp of sugar chased with water to wash it down. Tried and true every single time!..
I usually do controlled breathing. Two or three slow, full inhalations and exhalations do the trick.
breathe in and out into a paper bag. The carbon dioxide build up does it
a spoonful of white sugar does the trick for me, the action of moving it around in my mouth to get it swallowed interrupts things enough
My son has bad hiccups and I read about eating a spoonful of peanut butter. It actually works!
Not seeing this posted here yet, and a friend told me about it when I suffered a 48-hour bout of hiccups. Couldn't sleep, eat, drink - just constant hiccups - and my muscles were so sore after 48 hours that I thought I'd have to go to the ER to find a way to stop these stupid hiccups. It works for mild or serious cases. Get a teaspoon full of sugar and pour vinegar on it - just enough to make liquid in the spoon. Swallow it down quick. If the hiccups don't stop the first time, they will on the second try. There's something about the sudden blast of sour/sweet that short-circuits the spasm in the diaphragm that's causing the hiccups, and they instantly stop. It's not really pleasant, but not terrible, and definitely works. You can use white or apple cider vinegar - I always use Bragg's Apple Cider vinegar.
Also if you push your tongue against the opening of your throat and breathe in and out very slowly and deeply about 10 times it will cure your hiccups. Works every time for me.
This trick apparently isn't very well known, but I've "helped" both children and adults with telling them. Might not work the first time, but the third time at the latest.
I only get hiccups when I have gas in my stomach. Burping seems to cure it for me.
This was told to me by a doctor and is the only thing that works for me. Take a q-tip or similar object and tickle the back of your mouth until you gag. Sometimes you have to do it two or three times but it always works. The sudden contraction of your diaphragm when you start gag heavily counteracts the hiccup and it stops.
To hear someone talking next to you in a loud room, lightly pull back on the little flaps on both your ears — then push them in.
If you're wearing wet swim trunks, wrap a towel tightly around your waist, and pull it tight around your knees as well, so that your knees are touching each other. Now squat as low as you can, you should feel the towel constrict even tighter. Your swim trunks should now be totally dry, and you can go straight inside and sit on the couch without getting yelled at by mom for leaving a big wet mark.
To calm down when you're feeling extremely nervous, put your thumb in your mouth, close your lips, and try to blow out air, letting your cheeks puff up.
When you accidentally burn your tongue on hot coffee or tea, swish with very cold water (but don't suck on ice)
Good advice. But 'accidentally'? Do some people burn their tongue on purpose? Am I missing out on something?
To ensure you never miss contact in a high-five, watch the other person's elbow.
This could go wildly wrong. I recommend holding your hand hi and still. Let the hi-fiver to the swing. Take five.
Guys: when shaving over your Adam's apple, swallow as you swipe down to avoid getting nicked.
But what if you have to swipe up because of the way your hair grows?
Stop a sneeze in its tracks by pressing down on the area right above your upper lip.
Stop a nosebleed by leaning your head forward a little, then pinching your nose in a specific spot for five minutes.
If your lower back often feels tight, try lifting yourself in any location where you can dangle your legs. Relax your back and let the weight of your legs stretch out your back. The corner formed by two counters in a kitchen is a very common place that works.
Chew gum to stop that earworm song that's stuck in your head.
Another method is to play the ending of the song in your mind. Apparently this tells the DJ in your head that the song is finished now.
This one is specifically for women: if you feel lower abdominal pain so severe that it seems like it might be appendicitis, try lying down in different positions to feel whether you can minimize the pain.
If the pain has varying intensities with different body positions it probably isn't appendicitis even if it's right quadrant pain. Still go see a doctor promptly; ask for an ultrasound. It's more likely ovarian cyst torsion.
Learned this from my gynecologist.
You havent been to the doctor in how many years!? Nah, I just read bored panda.
Improve your lung capacity by trying to swim the entire length of the pool underwater on one deep breath.
I've been working on this at the large pool at the gym, and the extra breathing capacity has proved beneficial in a variety of ways - including stamina.
Wow, who knew! If you practice holding your breath, your lung capacity will improve?! Damn!
Not sure if it's a hack but if you want to straighten your posture place your body comfortably against a wall, lift your arms up, side raise all the way up, keep repeating for a couple of minutes, when you take a step forward your posture will be improved for a bit. Keep repeating for better results
If you need to pee but don't have to, push into your belly button with your finger. Kinda wiggle it around as you push. This will give you the sensation to pee.
Next time you leave a club or concert and your ears are ringing and you're having trouble hearing quieter noises, cover your ears with your palms with your fingers wrapped around the back of your head. Then use your first and middle fingers on each hand to sort of flick the back of your head a bunch of times. The ringing should mostly go away and your hearing will come back for a while.
Use earplugs before going in. The ringing of your ears is a sign that they have suffered damage according to my hearing care professional. She also said that in the Netherlands more than 75% of people to the age of 20 already have some kind of hearing loss. It's caused by the noise in concerts and clubs, but also because of headphones that are playing music too loud.
NONE of these are "hacks." They're all tips. A hack is using something for a purpose in which it wasn't intended.
Quite a mix this. Some are pretty smart, while others are "this worked for me one time, so it works for everyone". Like the hiccup one? Come on.
Thank you for calling these "tricks" and not "hacks". Seriously. Thank you.
when you get that tingling feeling of a body part falling asleep (hand, foot) touch something cold. it stops the tingling faster.
Another good tip: when you feel a yawn coming on and the timing is inconvenient (for instance during an important meeting) press and hold your tongue up to the roof of your mouth firmly. It works!
Wow, seems like pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth stops A LOT of things!
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NONE of these are "hacks." They're all tips. A hack is using something for a purpose in which it wasn't intended.
Quite a mix this. Some are pretty smart, while others are "this worked for me one time, so it works for everyone". Like the hiccup one? Come on.
Thank you for calling these "tricks" and not "hacks". Seriously. Thank you.
when you get that tingling feeling of a body part falling asleep (hand, foot) touch something cold. it stops the tingling faster.
Another good tip: when you feel a yawn coming on and the timing is inconvenient (for instance during an important meeting) press and hold your tongue up to the roof of your mouth firmly. It works!
Wow, seems like pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth stops A LOT of things!
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