The Stupid News with Yankee Pete
HERE ARE NINE WAYS TO TRICK YOUR BODY
Tuesday September 1st, 2009
The human body is a fascinating system of complex structures. But . . . if you know how it works . . . you can trick it into doing what you want it to do.
Here are nine easy tricks you can use to manipulate your own body:
#1.) Improve your hearing: If you're talking to a mumbler at the bar, turn your RIGHT ear toward them, since that ear is better at picking up the rapid rhythms of speech.
But if you're trying to identify a song that's playing softly, you should turn your LEFT ear toward the music, since that one's better at picking up musical tones.
#2.) Improve your memory: Most of our memory consolidation happens during sleep, so anything you read right before bed is most likely to be encoded as long-term memory.
#3.) Cure a toothache: Canadian researchers found that rubbing ice between your thumb and index finger can reduce toothache pain by as much as 50%, because the nerve pathways in the area stimulate a part of the brain that blocks pain signals.
#4.) Stop a nosebleed: Instead of pinching your nose and leaning your head back, try stuffing some cotton on your upper gums and pressing against it hard.
#5.) Reduce your pain: Researchers have found that coughing can have a numbing effect on pain.
Why? Because coughing causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, which inhibits the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.
#6.) Cure brain freeze: Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth, covering as much of it as you can. The more pressure you apply with your tongue, the faster the headache will go away.
#7.) Clear your stuffed nose: Alternate between thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, and using your finger to press between your eyebrows. This causes the bone that runs through the nasal passage to rock back and forth, clearing your sinuses.
#8.) Cure a tickling throat: Stimulating the nerves in your ear creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm, which relieves the tickle.
#9.) Hold in a NUMBER ONE: If you really have to pee, try thinking about relations. Why? Because thinking about playing the piano preoccupies your brain, and helps make the feelings of discomfort more tolerable. (AOL Health)
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