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Health
Jun 12, 2024
Why You Might Get Cramps, but No Period, According to Experts
You feel a familiar ache or pressure between your hip bones — but you double-check your calendar and, sure enough, your period isn't due for another few weeks.
Health
Jun 10, 2024
What Causes Cramps After Masturbating? Experts Offer 8 Possible Culprits
You expect masturbating to feel good — during, of course, but also after, when you hope to enjoy the mood-boosting, stress-relieving, sleep-supportive endorphins and chemicals associated with self-love.
Fitness
Feb 22, 2021
Relieve Your Cramps and Stomach Pain With Arianna Elizabeth's Gentle 25-Minute Yoga Flow
It was that time of the month when Arianna Elizabeth, RYT 500, fittingly filmed a yoga flow for stomach pain and cramp relief (with a laugh, she alludes to wearing dark leggings).
Fitness
Sep 19, 2020
Rael's Heating Patch Is the Portable Period-Cramp Relief I've Always Wanted
Years ago, my mom was kind enough to make me a homemade heating pad — a fabric tube filled with rice that I could pop in the microwave whenever my period cramps were out of control.
Fitness
Sep 7, 2020
If You Suffer From Menstrual Cramps, This Dietitian on Instagram Says to Eat These 3 Foods
Fitness
Mar 19, 2020
Getting an IUD Helped Ease My Painful Periods, and I'm Never Going Back
From the moment I first started my period, that time of the month always meant being in excruciating pain.
Fitness
Feb 24, 2020
How Chinese Herbs Can Help with Period Pain, According to an Herbalist
As far as alternative methods for alleviating painful periods go, traditional Chinese medicine is a popular one.
Fitness
Feb 21, 2020
The Best Foods For Period Cramps, According to a Dietitian
After years of horribly painful menstrual cycles — I'm talking debilitating, tear-inducing cramps and raging emotions to boot — I decided it was finally time to reassess how I was managing my PMS.
Fitness
Jan 28, 2020
Will Switching to a Menstrual Cup Actually Ease Your Period Cramps? We Asked an Ob-Gyn
Chances are you know someone who swears by the menstrual cup.
Fitness
Sep 5, 2019
Period Cramps Aren't Cute, but These Heating Pads to Help Treat Them Are
Period cramps are the worst.
Fitness
Aug 11, 2019
A Doctor Explains What Causes Those Painful Muscle Cramps and How to Prevent Them
If you've ever been struck by muscle cramps mid workout, you know how excruciating they can be.
Fitness
Apr 6, 2019
This Is the Most Effective Way to Ease the Pain of Period Cramps, According to Doctors
Many women's periods are accompanied by painful cramps that range from mild to moderate to severe.
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