Simple Solutions to nagging problems

 Very often, we suffer from problems without realizing that the solutions are within easy reach. For several months, I would get up from my bed every morning with aches and pains in different parts of the body, especially the back and hip joints. Visits to the doctor, followed by medication, did nothing to improve the situation. Then I saw an advertisement for a Memory Foam mattress. From the time I started using it, the body pain that I would experience in the mornings has vanished. It is another matter that nowadays I do suffer from age-related shifting pains below the waist, which I am learning to live with.

A friend of mine was suffering from acute arthritis. When all kinds of treatments failed, a doctor friend advised him to go to a swimming pool, not to swim, but to walk the length of the pool in the water, up and down a couple of times every day. My friend found that this unusual treatment gave him some relief, though he still has the problem.

 Most of us have experienced shoe bites caused by ill-fitting footwear or the infection and itching caused by socks or undergarments made of material that doesn’t suit us. Incorrect posture at work is a contributing factor to the acute back problems faced by a growing number of ‘techies’ who sit for hours at a stretch, glued to their laptops. Maintaining the correct posture and taking regular breaks from work can help ease the problem

For several years, I suffered from ‘dry cough’, often accompanied by wheezing which sounded like a multi-organ orchestra. I used to feel miserable. Tests revealed no specific problem. The doctors attributed it to general pollution in the atmosphere and allergy to something or other. While trying to identify the cause of my allergy, my son discovered that every morning and evening, I was in the habit of lighting up agarbathis in the Puja room as I liked the divine feeling, triggered by their fragrance. On his suggestion I stopped lighting the agarbathis. Sure enough, my dry cough and wheezing slowly vanished, and I am now free from the problem that had plagued me for years.

Whenever you find that you are suffering from a nagging problem, talk about it to friends. Someone might help you find a simple solution lying under your nose!

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