what can i do to relieve painful menstrual cramps?

Answer 1

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Attempt to track your cycles. Techniques such as Fertility Awareness Method can help in determining when menstruation is due and possible reproductive health problems.
Keep a healthy diet including plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as plenty of water. Attempt to track of how particular foods effect your cycles – certain foods may have an effect on general health that could effect your cycles or direct effect on your menstrual cramps.
Make sure to have regular health check-ups to insure vaginal health, mention to doctors any menstrual problems you feel you might be having, and take into consideration how conditions such as IBS or anaemia may make you feel during menstruation.
A week prior to menstruation attempt to change diet slightly to avoid menstrual cramping; avoid foods that could cause bloating such as salty foods and alcohol, avoid foods such as dairy and caffeine that could contribute to menstrual cramps.
Know your menstrual options, there are many menstrual options that may be better suited to you. Tampons can increase menstrual cramps, as well as harmful to vaginal health many commercial tampons are made to expand lengthways as well as widthways, resulting in tampons hitting the cervix already delicate due to menstruation.
Buy a good selection of herbal teas, teas commonly used to prevent and cure menstrual pains are; camomile, red raspberry, blessed thistle, valerian, yarrow, raspberry leaf or dong quai. Many health stores will be able to help you pick the right choice for you, also many stores offer a general women's blend to assist with more general menstrual problems. Be sure to check any health clashes particular herbs may have with medicine you may be taking or health conditions you may have.
Exercise, general stretching can aid in menstrual cramp relief, gentle exercise from the likes of yoga can be very beneficial – advantage of yoga is that not only is this light exercise but also encourages relaxation and breathing exercises that can be a great deal of help for menstrual cramping.
Heat or cold packs can be a spot on treatment for menstrual cramps, laying down with a pack around your stomach area, with a bar of chocolate for added relaxation. A warm bath can also provide heat that eases the pain of menstrual cramps as well as highly relaxing.
Sex, either with yourself or a partner, as well as great light exercise it aids in relaxation and increases blood floor to your vagina. During orgasm it is believed that a hormone which causes uterine contractions is released calls Oxytocin, which can help to push out menstrual material.
Supplementing with Magnesium in large quantities alleviates cramps in many women. It is non toxic and safe in large quantities.

Answer 2

When I exercise about a week before I'm supposed to start, I don't cramp. A heating pad helps, too. Laying on it even though the tag says not to helps lessen the pain.

Answer 3

My pharmacist told me to use a combination of Ibuprofen and Tylenol. The Ibuprofen is an inflammation-reducer and the Tylenol is essentially a pain-killer. This worked WONDERFULLY for my daughter every month.
BE SURE NOT TO COMBINE Ibuprofen with aspirin!!! Only Ibuprofen and Tylenol.
Take it as soon as you start to experience pain. You'll soon be smiling.

Answer 4

usually a good round of sex will relieve the muscle tention before you start. A good tylenol can help ,stay away from chocolate and go running ,that will help too . Or a good old fashioned hot water bottle on your belly to relieve cramps will help too.

Good luck to you .

Answer 5

You could try numerous things. There are heating pads, midol or Ibprofuen or exercise. You could also try a hot bath, it helps relax the muscles and hopefully that will stop the muscles from cramping up as they are.

Answer 6

Take some Midol and what helped me was to put a heating pad on my lower stomach area. Plus drink lots of water.

Answer 7

Lie on your back, put a hot pack or a heated washcloth on your abdomen and take a couple of Midol. Drink lots of water and eat bananas, they reduce cramping, and avoid salt/salty foods.

Answer 8

Believe it or not. Sex is the best cure. For some reason when you have an orgasm, it overpowers with the contraction and takes it away. If your old enough, try it. You'll be amazed, that is if your not put off by it.
Also works for headaches too !!!

Answer 9

As mentioned in another answer, a heating pad on the abdomen is supposed to be very helpful

Answer 10

I had a friend that would sit at her desk at work with a heating pad on her abdomen to help relieve hers.