(CNN)When you're trying to pass a kidney stone, you're probably not thinking, in your cloud of agony, "Darn it! I should have ridden a roller coaster."
And yet a new study suggests doing just that. According to research published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, the bump and jolt of a roller coaster may actually help bump and jolt small kidney stones right through your system.
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Not to mention, each kidney stone that's shaken out is one less stone left to grow and possibly pose more complex health problems. "We try to get our (medical) students to think about prevention as opposed to what medicine we can give or what procedure we can do," Wartinger says. It is also a great parable of doctor-patient communication. After all, Wartinger and Mitchell got the idea from simply listening to their patients' stories. "If we hadn't talked to our patients, we never would have discovered this," he said.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/health/kidney-stone-roller-coaster-studytrnd/index.html
Little kidney stone? Ride a roller coaster, says study
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