Stretching. Every morning when waking up. My grandpa taught me. He’s 94 now and still does everything as if he’s 50. He’s even able to run. Of course it’s also genetics, but a life filled with stretches every morning definitely doesn’t make your body worse, even if it’s just for a couple of minutes every morning!

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To quickly relieve a cramping calf (usually happens while sleeping) stand on your feet. Feels counter intuitive, but standing up forces your leg muscles to stretch and stop the cramping.

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Just flex your foot and it will go away

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If you’re sick and pounding lots of water be sure to salt it a tiny bit. Otherwise you flush your electrolytes and get even sicker. Learned this from the ER staff when I had to be treated with IVs during a lengthy sickness.

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This is not just table salt though there's better options, look them up.

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"Vagus Nerve Trick" for calming yourself down. If you're feeling super anxious or stressed, try splashing your face with cold water or holding an ice pack on your forehead and under your eyes for a few seconds. It activates your vagus nerve, which helps slow your heart rate and calm you down almost instantly. Thank me later.

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Another one is nose breathing - deep Breath in thru the nose, hold for 3, out through the mouth, repeat X 5 - in thru the schnozzer out thru the cakehole. It’s a calming technique

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If you have a stuffy nose due to a cold or allergy, try doing push-ups, jumping jacks or any form of intense sudden activity. It's near-instant relief.

I always get the exact mechanism wrong, but since stuffy noses happen due to swelling in the tissue of the nose, sudden activity promotes blood flow and drainage of mucus. It's temporary, of course, but worth a try.

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If you're prone to anxiety attacks, keep some really sour candies on hand.  I normally take medication for anxiety attack onsets, but sometimes I forget to pack it. It works.

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The 20-20-20 rule for eye strain. Every 20 mins. look away from your screen, focus on something 20 feet away, do this for at least 20 secs.

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If you are feeling gross brush your teeth and tongue. It's amazing how much better you'll feel with a clean mouth.

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Okay, this sounds wild, but if you ever have a headache, try pinching the web between your thumb and index finger for a minute or two. It seriously helps relieve pain!

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I've done this, it helps a lot.

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This is going to sound obvious but hear me out. 90% of my FREQUENT headaches went away when I started drinking more water. Crazy concept I know.

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I'm sorry, but... all I can think is "Wha...but... water is always the first step, followed by sleeping..."

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When you brush your teeth, close your eyes and stand on one foot. Alternate feet. Your balance will improve a lot.

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If you get enough sleep, life is better.

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Scientists studying hiccups theorized that they are a leftover mechanism from when humans were fish and had gills. Simply remind yourself that you are not a fish and they will go away. Regardless of whether the reason is true or not, your brain will stop them. Try it next time. Say "I am not a fish, I don't need to use this anymore" to yourself, and they will go away.

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As someone who gets hiccups at least once a day, I'll try this next time and report back 😂🐟

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One crazy body life hack everyone should know is how to instantly relax your body using deep breathing. It's simple—just inhale deeply through your nose for four seconds, hold for seven, and exhale slowly for eight seconds. This technique can help reduce stress, lower your heart rate, and even help you fall asleep faster. It’s amazing how something as basic as breathing can have such a profound effect on your physical and mental well-being.

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If you have lower back pain or sciatica try gluteus medius burnouts. Use a chair or table to steady yourself and raise one leg straight out to the side as high as you can and hold that until it feels like your hip is on fire and trying to cramp. Repeat on the other side. It sounds crazy but it can eliminate lower back pain instantly.

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One effective body hack for managing stress is the "5-5-5" method. When you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to ground yourself by identifying five things you can see, five things you can feel, and five sounds you can hear. This quick exercise helps redirect your focus to the present moment, making it easier to calm your mind and reduce anxiety. It’s simple and can be done anywhere!

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If you are bloated and alone, bend over and touch your toes for an extended period of time. additionally, get into child’s pose and rock back and fourth. you can also lay against a wall or couch with your feet up in the air. rotate between those three positions if you are by yourself and you should be significantly less bloated!

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I mean these should work if you are with others too. It might just look a little strange.

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Crying is a healthy and good thing to do when you're sad. However, there are times when it's really inconvenient to cry. In those situations, controlling your breath will control your tears. Take slow, deep breaths until you feel better if you're in public. If you're in private, singing works too. Anything to alter your breathing will nip those tears right in the ducts. Just be sure to let it out and have a good cry later, when you've got the time and space to do it.

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This may sound really dumb and/or gross but get one of those big bags of pitted "dried plums" (AKA prunes) from Costco and eat 4 or 5 before bed with a big glass of water.

You'll have a BM every morning, even if you ate a bunch of low-fiber s**t the day before, so you'll feel better during the day and it'll reduce your risk of colon cancer.

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See, I like prunes so I end up eating to many... also high metabolism makes me have to go to the bathroom relatively fast after eating... Yeah... my love for prunes is a curse...

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Eating can interrupt the crying process. Your body has to focus on keeping a clear airway while you eat, so you aren't able to cry as easily. It's good for moments when you can't cry despite feeling sad (e.g. at work) 🙃 I recommend Snickers bars!

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If you think it would be at all challenging (a simple rule would be anyone over age 50), get fully on the floor and back up again every single day.

You really don't want to fall and then realize that you can't get yourself back up and to your phone for help. Practicing so that it isn't terribly difficult ensures that you will still be able to do it even if you have a mild injury from the fall.

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Most people who are falling risks are that way because they are not strong in their core. Your (excellent) suggestion will help people keep their core strong.

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I have had to realize that having a strong core basically fixes most physical issues related to getting to my 22nd 29th birthday. It relieves back pain, it make my balance better, and it makes my belly less wobbly.

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If you feel light-headed as you stand up (orthostatic hypotension) you can squeeze any muscle as hard as you can and it will quickly raise your pulse and blood pressure so you don't black out and fall.

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Not any, squeezing your abdominal muscles or anything that increases pressure on the heart can make you pass out even quicker

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Use your hand to dry off in the shower like a squeegee before you use the towel. You will dry much faster.

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So I just recently read that if you cant sleep, just start thinking up a dream in your head, and out you go.

Some nights I have trouble sleeping, so I decided to give this a shot, thinking it was complete b******t.

But it works. That s**t is like "Cthulhu rose from the sea, so I grabbed my lingerie clad wife and kissed her deeply, 'ill be back in no time, babe.' I grab my helmet and head toward my modified F-22. I nod towards my wing man, call sign Beastman, who is a velociraptor, and we both climb into our zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz".

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Oh man.. i'd go to sleep too to finish that dream. And now want a t-shirt with "Beastman". And maybe a plushie.

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It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize if you have water stuck in your ear just tilt your head and open and close your jaw a couple of times. Should clear it out in a couple of seconds.

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Drastically reduce or eliminate alcohol intake. Your body and mind will thank you - balanced hormones, stronger immune system, better sleep, weight loss, clearer skin.

Prior to this year I would drink on average 3-4 nights per week (1-3 drinks each of those nights). There weren’t any issues with dependence or abuse, but I grew to hate my relationship with alcohol. I’m happy to report that my physical and mental health have greatly improved in just a few months since I cut back to 1-2 drinks per month (if that).

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I drank to much on my birthday, and a couple of times at my father's house this year. Every time my productivity was down by like 70% for days. Not because of the hang over, it just killed my motivation. After a few days I was up early and doing my chores with pleasure again. It's horrible how that affects me. But I can't be the only one. Quit the juice if you've got problems

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Using your fingers to help with indigestion. If you press on the area between your pinky and ring finger for a minute, it can help ease bloating and discomfort. This spot is known as the small intestine point and it’s a simple way to find relief after a heavy meal, because you can do it anywhere.

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If you need to cool down rapidly, put your wrists under cold water.

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Or your entire head. I do this several times a day in the summer

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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.

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If you're drunk and the room starts spinning, find a place to lay down that is against/near a wall (like a couch). Put a hand above you on the wall and the opposite foot down on the floor. The room immediately stops spinning. It's magical, but you will look a little silly. My aunt taught me this one haha!

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Eating a small snack that includes complex carbohydrates before bed, like a banana or oatmeal, can help improve sleep quality. Carbs help your brain produce serotonin and melatonin, which regulate sleep.

I think that the best crazy body life hack because we need to sleep good !!

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A third plate of dinner right before bed does it for me

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If you feel like you’re going to yawn in an awkward situation, press your tongue against your teeth to stop it.

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If you feel a sneeze coming on but can't get it out, look towards (not directly into) a bright light source (a light bulb, the sun, etc). and it will cause you to sneeze.

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Pinch your index finger and middle finger to your thumb. Where they meet, you’ve made a ‘pinhole lens’ that you can hold up to your eye to see better. Works really well to read an LED clock at night.

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Huh? Am i doing it right? Just made a two fingered "ok" sign. Yeah. Im not doing it right. :/

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If you stand up too fast and get dizzy, just place your palms flat against a table, bed, whatever is flat and perpendicular to the surface you're standing on. Seriously gets rid of the dizziness in a second.

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Starting Strength. Everybody with no history of lifting should do some kind of bench/dead/squat routine, adding progressively more weight over time. Beginners will quickly add a huge amount of strength and muscle. Eventually progress slows and people can decide how/if to continue. But no reason not to take advantage of beginner gains.

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Squishmellows, especially one gaint squishmellow, is perfect to proop your body up after sugrey or an accident.
I broke my pelvis and was wheelchair bound for 3 months. That squishmellow saved my life.

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Squeezing your thumb into the palm of your hand stops your gag reflex.

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We'll see about that tomorrow morning when I'm brushing my teeth. 6:45am now and since it's Germany I've been up for an hour already. These people have an obsession with it. Every morning at around 6am in my neighborhood you see people at their mailbox etc doing something random just to show to the other neighbours "see I'm already up". And then go back to bed again till 9. F*****g retards

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For men: when you have an unwanted boner, hold your breath.

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If you are exhausted or feeling low that day, a 20-30 min power nap will recharge your energy for your afternoon. In Spanish culture this is called *siesta* or lunch nap, though it's common in Asia and Middle East.

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I usually take about a 4 hour nap just to be safe.

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If you have an inflamed tendon, the best pain relief for that is simple ibuprofen. Make sure it's ibuprofen not tynelol etc. Doctor told me a few years ago that ibuprofen is best for inflamed tendons and idk if he placebo affected me or not, but I certainly notice a much greater relief in swelling and pain using ibuprofen compared to any other OTC pain reliever.

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Tylenol is not ibuprofen, it's acetaminophen, so it has a different makeup. Ibuprofen is meant for inflammation, whereas acetaminophen is more for pain/fever

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For weight loss. Run the abs first. Crunches, planking, whatever you're comfy with just keep your core tight. Do throughout the day in small sets anytime you have a moment. You immediately increase your metabolism even if slightly and feel more full on less food. When you eat, and after, drink lots of water. Don't chug just keep sipping through the hours after meals till you have to pee. When you have to pee you know you have successfully flooded your tract and this will help break down food and increase speed of digestion. Plus hydration helps with weight loss generally.

Keep your core tight through the day and drink till you need to pee after each meal. You will lose weight on this alone. When you get down to your target weight, or heck whenever comfortable add some additional exercise to zones you want to tone up. Ezpz.

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Drink a large glass of water before every meal

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Sleep with a pillow under your knees if you sleep flat on your back, trust me 🤠.

Helps align and straighten your spine, especially helpful if you work in trades. If you're a side sleeper put a pillow between your knees and it'll help a bunch.

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If you’re a woman at any age after 30 regardless of babies (but especially with) even if you’ve never had a major fall (but especially if you did) pls just do a routine pelvic floor therapy check in.

I was in pain for YEARS. My SI joint no matter what I did I couldn’t get the pain out. Well turns out if I try from inside vs outside I’m relieving it since it’s actually semi stuck. And massaging and re learning to not “push “ to pee etc and adding small pillow at my waist (I have larger hips vs waist) all these things together after years of therapy. Took the pain away - 10 sessions of pelvic floor vs 3-4 years of other PT

Go to a pelvic floor therapist

You can have hip pain, back pain, sexual discomfort - and it can be helped with pelvic floor therapy.

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Using your tongue to stretch the roof of your mouth. It can help reduce headaches and even improve your mood.

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If you can't get a full night's sleep for any reason, aim for 3, 4.5, or 6h -- even if that means you get **less sleep**.

Sleep isn't one big REM cycle. You go through a complete cycle every ~90min. In general, if you feel terrible when you wake up (and it's not due to being ill or a hangover or similar), it's because you forced yourself awake during the deeper parts of sleep. Aiming to wake up at the end of a REM cycle will leave you feeling more rested than if you had less sleep.

This also applies to naps, by the way - it's better to either wake yourself up *before* or *after* the deeper REM sleep; which means naps should be either ~20min or ~90min; not anywhere in between. Ask anyone who says they feel terrible after naps how long they nap for; most of the time, they'll say "about an hour" - despite that being our standard unit of time, it's basically the *worst* length of nap imaginable.

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If you ever experience sleep paralysis and are desperately trying to move again, start by focusing on your toes or fingers. I find that I can get them to move first then the rest of my body follows.

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I am a woman and my c*caine addicted friend told me that a side effect was not being able to pee on command. She said just tickle the top of your buttcrack and the flow will start. It totally works. Stage fright in a public restroom? My god, it works.
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Fiber!!!!! Eat it!!!! Eat a lot of it!!! Proof: I’m 40 and just started upping my fiber intake via chia pudding and oats… boom, down 7lbs!

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All these helpful ones and mine is just dumb: Whichever is your dominant side sit and make clockwise circles with your ankle. Now draw the number “6” in the air with your same side hand. Your ankle will automatically reverse directions. Brain stuff.

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If you get a brain freeze hold your tongue or your thumb to the roof of your mouth And it will almost always stop it within a few seconds.

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I must be broken... This has never worked for me? On a side note... My wife has never experienced this.

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Put your knees and elbows on the ground and slowly walk your hands forward with your butt in the air and head down. downward dog position.  

Almost always relieves IBS pressure.

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Many yoga postures relieve various ails. I'm not really into the whole yoga lifestyle, but I do yoga everyday because it seems to be the best way for me to keep fit, and avoid injuries. You Tube has a lot of at home practices, and I just had to find the right one that wasn't too yogiish. I still take a class every six months or so to weed out errors, but I really prefer the privacy of my own home, and yoga is fun with cats.

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Pickles and other fermented foods can help lessen anxiety.

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ChatGPT: **True**, to some extent. Research has shown that fermented foods like pickles, yogurt, sauerkraut, and kimchi can have a positive effect on mental health, including reducing symptoms of anxiety. This is because fermented foods contain **probiotics**, which promote a healthy gut microbiome. There's a growing body of evidence suggesting that the gut-brain axis—how your gut and brain communicate—plays a role in mental health. A healthier gut can lead to improved production of neurotransmitters like serotonin, which is associated with mood regulation. However, while fermented foods can contribute to reduced anxiety, they are not a standalone treatment. Managing anxiety typically requires a combination of factors, including diet, exercise, therapy, and, in some cases, medication.

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Lasting cough that won't quit at the tail end of a cold/sore throat?

Take Vicks vapor rub and heavily smear it on the bottoms of your feet and throw on socks. In minutes, the cough substantially subsides or goes away entirely.

It's not science.
It's magic.

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If you eat healthy and proportionately and work out 3-4 times a week. You’ll have more energy, rarely get sick, be in good shape, more mental clarity, and the list goes on…it’s freakin crazy.

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I don't have the energy to start....I work, prepare meals, do a little household and walk minimum 10km a workday (with interruptions) for commute... After I got home I instantly feel my motivation floating away in seconds...

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Not insane but if you want to go to the bathroom at night, when you turn on the light squeeze one eye shut until you're finished, then when the light is off again you can open that eye and it will be adjusted to the dark, so you can easily get back to bed with "night vision".

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Just keep your eyes closed the whole time and hope for the best.

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Not really a hack, but be conscious of making sure that when you chew you do it equally on both sides. I was having some serious jaw pain that was because I only chewed on the right side of my mouth, so the left side was weak.

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I learned a kind of weird one on Reddit a few years ago that I use almost every day now. It kind of stretches your back/straightens your posture. I do this in the shower but it can be done anywhere. Put your back against the wall, make sure your heels, calves, butt, shoulder blades, and back of your head are touching the wall. Now with your palms, try pushing your body away from the wall but at the same time try keeping all the things listed above against the wall, so you’re kind of fighting yourself. Do this a few times in 10 second increments.

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Oh wow this feels great 😮

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Never cross your legs.

It puts torque on the whole pelvic area and is often the cause of a lot of back pain.

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Sleep on your back with a pillow in a vertical position, with your shoulders at the edge of the pillow. You'll never have neck pain again, and your posture will improve significantly. It takes time to get used to, but it's totally worth it.

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Keep floss picks around. Center console of your car, at your desk, by your bed.

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The mammalian diving reflex can stop an anxiety or panic attack instantly.

Hold your breath and splash water on your face (or dunk your head) and your body goes into underwater mode. Your body gets ready to conserve oxygen by slowing down lots of processes, switching off (not the technical term) some organs and parts of your brain.

Panic requires too much oxygen. Panicking underwater will lead to drowning, so your body just cancels out of it.

This is also why throwing a drink in an angry person's face stops them on their tracks.

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I feel noticably calmer after trying the water splash and ice pack.

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Reduce nausea instantly by sniffing 90% Isopropyl Alcohol. Don’t know why it’s better than 70% but s**t works better than ginger, no worse than zofran.

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Zofran = prescription anti-nausea med.

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For men, after urination if you press on the gooch and push forward towards the shaft, you'll push out the last bits without needing to shake it like you're playing with it. Very effective at preventing those last few drips that always seem to sneak out right as you zip your pants.

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Never done it any other way. Never understood "the shake"

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Rubbing your wrist before bed to prevent nightmares. I forget exactly what points (google it) so I just apply pressure and rub around the wrist, and I don't have nightmares. Learned this from an acupuncturist.

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Train throwing patterns equally on both sides of the body. I Started training with Mace and Heavy Clubs in my early 40's. I was building the typical middle aged male's body, with all the aches and pains associated with neglect.
Came across Mark Wildman on YouTube immediately ordered two clubs and a mace, from Amazon and haven't looked back. Followed along on YouTube and just kept at for the past 5 years. No more back, shoulder, or hip pain.

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A lot of people don't want to hear this, but simply exercising more. like go lift weights HARD. don't do some half-assed cardio/aerobic thing for like 20 minutes with a bunch of breaks during which you never really maintain elevated heart rate. I'm talking like spend 45 minutes to an hour lifting heavy. lift to failure a couple sets per week.

it's like magic. i stopped to rest for a few weeks after months of serious working out and cutting a ton of body fat. upped my calories just hung out for those weeks before cycling into calorie surplus for a weight-gain cycle through winter. I started back at the gym last week, but in the few weeks during which I was not lifting 3-6 days per week, I felt f*****g awful. I hadn't realized how much of a difference it was making to every aspect of how I felt.

when i wasn't lifting, my mood stability decreased. I felt more anxious and more easily stressed out by minor s**t daily. my energy levels both physically and mentally were in the gutter the whole time. I'd regularly be struggling to stay awake and stay focused at my desk job. I struggled to get to sleep at night, and struggled to sleep straight through the night. It seemed like I became more generally irritable.

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Dont lift to failure over 60 youll pull stuff and it takes much longer to heall

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How to get rid of ringing in your ears.

Firmly cover your ears with your palms (firm enough that you can hear that low rumbly noise that you can hear when you wear earplugs) and drum rapidly on the base of your skull/back of your neck with your fingers for about 15-30 seconds. Some folks say it doesn't work for them so your mileage may vary, but it works like a charm for me.

edited to add: This is almost never a permanent solution. I read one guy's account of doing it regularly and having his tinnitus lessen significantly over time, but most folks say it only lasts for a few hours at best.

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The easiest and fastest way I've found to improve posture is doing the suitcase carry exercise with a heavy weight. I just did the suitcase carry exercise, then I just woke up one day and noticed that I had proper posture. This was after years of trying to improve my posture through stretching and rubber bands.

The suitcase carry exercise should improve your posture faster and more effectively than things like muscle memory, stretches, and stupid braces will.

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