Treat every day aches and pains with rubber bands, pencils, matches, and more oddball items buried in your junk drawer.
Use a pencil to: Ease foot pain
New shoes a little too tight? Did you walk a little too far, or stand in line a little too long? Ward off a foot ache with this simple floor exercise. Place a few pencils on the floor and pick them up with your toes. You’ll stretch your feet and feel relief.
Use a book of matches to: Smooth a broken fingernail
Whether you break a nail barbecuing or realize while grilling that your nail is snagged, use a box or book of matches to smooth out the problem. Instead of striking a match against the emery board-like strip, rub your nail on it.
Use duct tape to: Cover a blister
Breaking in a pair of shoes? A heel blister makes walking miserable, and many heel bandages rub as you go, worsening the pain. Put a gauze square over the sore, then cover your heel with a wide strip of duct tape and you’ll be back on the road.
Use an uninflated balloon to: Help a cut heal
Helping a cut heal means keeping it clean and protected and dry. Getting through the day without getting a cut on a finger wet is almost impossible, unless you get help from a balloon. Slip a balloon over your affected finger when you need to get your hands wet (in the shower or doing dishes, for example), and you’ll keep your cut nice and dry.
Use adhesive tape to: Remove a splinter
As long as the splinter is sticking out of your skin, you may be able to remove it without tweezers or a needle. Lay a piece of adhesive tape over the affected area, and rub your finger over the tape until it makes contact with the splinter. Pull the tape up and the splinter may come with it. This method works particularly well if you find many small splinters near the surface of your skin. It also works if you need to remove small cactus prickles from your fingers.
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