Learn about the most common heat-related illnesses--and how to treat them--so your little athlete can stay in the game and off the sidelines.
In this week's At the Clinic with Dr. Mallika, she explains what charley horses are and how to treat them.
A patient presents with severe menstrual cramps, and all I have is three needles. How am I going to treat her? What is my acupuncture diagnosis? Using the strategy of The Four Magic Meridians as taught by Richard Te-Fu Tan, OMD, LAc, where am I going to place these three needles?
This remedy aids in providing relief from symptoms such as abdominal cramps, backache, headache, etc. As a result, this works wonderfully to combat PMS to a huge extent. 20. How To Treat PMS With Chicken Chicken is a rich source of Vitamin B6, which helps to provide instant relief from...
How do I treat sprains and strains? For a mild sprain or strain: Rest the limb to give it a chance to heal. Hold ice on the area for 20 minutes at a time, four to eight times a day, to bring down swelling. Don’t use heat -- it could make the area swell even more. ...
While you can't always prevent leg cramps, there are things you can do to significantly reduce their risk:1 Stay hydrated:Dehydration is known to predispose you to leg cramps, although the exact reason why is not known. Drink at least three full glasses of water each day, including one be...
A stomach cramp is a sudden, tight feeling in the muscles of your belly. Learn what causes stomach cramps, how to treat them, and when you should see a doctor.
Heat cramps — painful muscle cramps that can strike when you're exercising in hot weather — can develop when you sweat so much that your body loses essential salts and fluids. Heat exhaustion, which occurs when your body can't cool itself through sweating, can progress to heat stroke if ...
Don’t chug as much water as possible. Stick to a maximum of one liter per hour of exercise. If you’ve gained weight after exercising, you drank too much. Add electrolytes to your drinking water. How to Treat Overhydration Stop drinking water. ...
What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion? Trying to keep cool in very hot weather puts a massive strain on the body. It doesn’t take long for us to run out of physical energy and resources. When this happens, we become vulnerable to dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and eventuall...