If it is a sprain or strain, use the tried-and-true RICE formula to help manage pain: rest, ice, compress and elevate. Related reading: How to Treat a Sprained AnkleShop First-Aid Kits Shop Hiking Emergency & Survival Gear Photo credit: Braden Van Dragt. Illustrations by Emily Irelan ...
The best way to treat a bruised wrist depends on the cause of the injury and its severity, but generally speaking, you can treat...
Torn ligaments in the hand, although common, especially for those participating in athletics, vary in severity. A partial tear can be treated at home and requires no surgery. A complete tear often requires surgery to completely heal. Recovery from either type of tear requires rest and medication...
A scaphoid (carpal navicular) fracture is the displacement of one of the eight bones of the wrist joint. It is located between the radius bone of your forearm and the base of the thumb. You can identify it by holding your thumb in a "hitch-hiking" position. The primary cause of scaphoi...
Using your thumb, stroke the joints and tendons at the back of your hands. Then, turn your hand over and support it with your fingers. Do a firm, circular pressure with your thumb, working up to the wrist. End the massage by stroking the palm of your hand from fingers to wrist. Then...
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that’s your signal to add a few hundred calories to your diet. If, after that adjustment, your weight stays steady, then you know you’re eating the right amount. As you increase your training (or if you take time off to rest a sprained ankle), you can make more adjustments as you...
Any negative behaviour that causes emotional damage or contaminates the way a person sees himself or herself, is toxic. A toxic parent treat his or her children in such a way as to make those children doubt their importance, their worth, and that they are deserving of love, approval and ...
These all lead us down the road to chronic pain. Just check out my “Why Cavemen Never Had Backpain” post.Look at the pictures of people’s posture in the 1800s and 1900s compared to now.It’s scary. A lot has changed in the last hundred years. We really do need to treat health...