Surprising Ways to Ease Pain 1. Have a Sweet Treat Eating something sweet can produce a morphine-like, pain-blocking effect in animals, children and adults. A study at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada found that when women consumed a sweet treat before a test involving pressure pain, they experienced an increase in pain tolerance compared to those who ate something unpalatable or neutral. So, go ahead and suck on a piece of candy or a square of chocolate; it might just relieve your pain, as well as tickle your taste buds.2. Put Your Anger in Writing When people with chronic pain express their anger on paper, they experience greater improvement in their pain and mood than those who write about personal goals, according to Pennsylvania State University research. “The idea is to bring your feelings, which may be under the radar, into your conscious mind,” explains Jeffery Gross, M.D., a clinical associate professor of rehabilitation medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. “One theory is this improves blood flow to the muscles; another is that it reduces nervous system activity—but how or why this works isn’t as important as that it does.” His advice: Make a list of things that make you angry, look at it once a day and add to it as needed. 3. Get Your Hands on Some Money No, we’re not suggesting you drain your bank account or rob a convenience store. But when you’re hurting, handling cash (as in bills) can diminish physical pain, according to research at Sun Yat-sen University in China. The theory: Holding money reminds you that you can obtain benefits or things you want in life, which can help ease the hurt.4. Watch a Funny Video Besides distracting you from pain, laughter can trigger the release of mood-boosting, pain-blocking brain chemicals called endorphins, which are the body’s natural morphine, explains Lee Berk, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., associate research professor of pathology and human anatomy at Loma Linda University. “I’m starting to use the term laughtercise because people who laugh or exercise frequently will release endorphins during the actual pain-stress experience,” he says. No wonder researchers at UCLA recently found that children had significantly greater pain tolerance while viewing a funny video. And there aren’t any negative side effects to giggling! For Sale , Purchase & Repairing of any Kind of Mobile Phone & Accessories Please Visit: MOBILE DOT COM A complete Mobile Store with Lowest Price and Best Services SHOP NO. - 311, HUDA MARKET, SECTOR - 7, FARIDABAD , HARYANA - 121002. VARUN RAI 9310153060 (24 X 7)5. Swear Your Heart Out Instead of trying to grin and bear the pain, go ahead and curse—it might help you feel better. When researchers at Keele University in the United Kingdom encouraged people to repeat either a swear word or a neutral word while having one of their hands immersed in icy water, they found that cursing increased pain tolerance and decreased perceived pain, but repeating a less-colorful word did not. 6. Use Good Scents Research finds that exposing yourself to the scent of lavender reduces postoperative pain, childbirth pain and menstrual cramps. “The aroma of lavender increases alpha waves, or slow waves, in the back of the head, which has a relaxing effect,” explains Alan Hirsch, M.D., neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. “By making people more relaxed, it makes people less anxious, which is significant because anxiety increases pain.” Next time you’re in pain, slather on a lavender-scented lotion or light a scented candle—and take a long, soothing whiff.7. Turn on the Tunes The sound of music—the tunes, not the movie—can ease your pain. A recent study from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland found that when people with chronic pain listened to music for an hour per day for a week, they experienced a decrease in pain and depression. Meanwhile, research from Sweden found that people who listened to music after undergoing hernia repair surgery had less pain and anxiety, and required less pain medicine than those who listened to the sound of silence. Consider this an incentive to keep your iPod or MP3 player ready and loaded with the songs you love. Manoj Rai Mobile No. : 9810643040 (24 X 7) E-Mail ID : [email protected] Now I am available on ORKUT as well. Dance like no one's watching; sing like no one's listening; love like you can't get hurt, and live like there's no tomorrow. For Sale , Purchase & Repairing of any Kind of Mobile Phone & Accessories Please Visit: MOBILE DOT COM A complete Mobile Store with Lowest Price and Best Services SHOP NO. - 311, HUDA MARKET, SECTOR - 7, FARIDABAD , HARYANA - 121002. VARUN RAI 9310153060 (24 X 7) The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
