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Is it normal When is the
for my wrists best time of
to hurt day to take a
during prebiotic
yoga or am I supplement?
performing
the moves —Nicholas M.,
Tallahassee, FL
incorrectly?
—Angelo P., Dayton, OH
fiber compounds that get
It’s common for a little A utilized by specific,
discomfort after yoga, but healthy microbes. Think of
A if any pain lasts more them as the fertilizer to soil. It’s
than a few minutes after a joint could indicate a tear in probably best to take a prebiot-
pose or for the duration of the the triangular fibrocartilage ic supplement in the morning
class, I’d recommend assessing complex, which is a disk-like with a light meal for several
your posture and mechanics. piece of cartilage in the lateral reasons. The stomach should
Wrist pain—which is more aspect of the wrist (pinkie be relatively empty after an
prevalent among women side). I suggest modifying overnight fast, and the prebiot-
doing yoga—can occur over a the pose that causes the pain ics have a better chance of
period of time due to repetitive and then working with a working as they should. But
stress, poor mechanical professional to try to improve you still should eat a small
loading, poor flexibility, or your technique or avoiding the meal to buffer the supple-
strength deficits. These can pose altogether. ments and kick-start your
lead to an aching, dull pain digestive system. Also, the
that could be anything from small and large intestines go
MARY KATE CASEY,
bone, ligament, or cartilage into powerful contractions in
damage to a sharp shooting P.T., D.P.T., is the owner and the morning. They are meant
founder of Chicago’s Prep
pain that could be an acute to sweep away food and
Performance Center
tendinitis or muscle sprain. (prepperformancecenter.com). microbial debris and allow for
Also, painful clicking in the fecal evacuation. Therefore,
there will theoretically be
more time for them to exert
their effect until the following
morning.
That being said, prebiotics
can be taken at any time, and if
someone has a better routine
midday or in the
evening, then
There are surgical and hair. Scalp micropigmentation it’s OK to take
nonsurgical solutions to is like tattooing the thinning them then. The
A hair loss. Surgical areas. At Hair Club, our Xtrands important thing
procedures involve harvesting system adds matching strands is to take them
hair from the back of the head to existing hair to add thick- regularly and not
and transplanting it to the ness with monthly touch-ups. forget.
thinning areas. Nonsurgical
solutions have come a long ANGELA PHIPPS, D.O., DAVID KAHANA, M.D.,
way. Minoxidil is the only S H U T T E R S T O C K
FDA-approved ingredient is the medical adviser to Hair is a board-certified gastro-
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clinically proven to regrow
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