Menstrual pain relief

Menstrual cycle comes with cramps and severe pain. Painkillers can help but too much pain killers can cause edema, bloating and nausea. Instead, try applying pressure on certain pressure points below belly and around groin area as shown in images.

• Place your hands with palm down on your back with middle fingertips on your butt crack
• Move hands closer so that fingertips come close and pinkies barely touch each other
• The two pressure points located sitting at first knuckle of your ring finger and second point near second knuckle of ring finger (see images)
• Using thumbs push in and upward on the pressure points and hold for 7 seconds.

Work on sore spots -Find out sore spots around your groin area and pubis bone. Hold each sore spot for 7 seconds. Then gently press on, over, and under edge of pubis bone to search out and erase sore spots, by holding pressure for 7 seconds. Check for sore spots between legs under groin. Then check for sore spots around navel and other abdominal muscles. Press spot above hip, moving skin and muscle down and inward over edge of hip bone.

Exercise One: Sit on floor. Put soles of feet together, 8 to 10 inches in front of body. Gently push left knee toward floor and then release it, 6 times. Do same with right knee, 5 times.