# Kicking soles of feet to stop nosebleeds **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901 "2020-07-01T04:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/1 "2020-07-01T04:49:01Z")
When I was in college, I had a classmate who was part Native American. One day I had a bad nosebleed, and he exclaimed, “Oh you have to try this, it’s a Native American remedy” and told me to lie down. He then began kicking the soles of my feet. Surprisingly, the nosebleed stopped very quickly. He commented, isn’t it weird how it works? So…has anyone else heard of this Native American “thing” before? And how does it work…disrupting blood circulation? ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/2 "2020-07-01T04:55:32Z")
Well two things have happened: 1. You’ve lain down on your back. 2. Someone has gently kicked the soles of your feet. Which of these two things sounds like it might stop a nose bleed? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/3 "2020-07-01T05:01:16Z")
Maybe, but I’ve had nosebleeds since early childhood (to the point where a doctor once had to cauterize the nasal lining) and I can’t recall lying down alone having stopped it before. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/4 "2020-07-01T05:19:20Z")
Did he kick your feet quite in a painful way? Pain can have physiological affects on the body. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/5 "2020-07-01T05:20:34Z")
Yeah it was quite hard. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/6 "2020-07-01T05:43:33Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > So…has anyone else heard of this Native American “thing” before? And how does it work…disrupting blood circulation? Maybe your inner wisdom stepped in and stopped the nosebleed so he would stop kicking the soles of your feet hard. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/7 "2020-07-01T05:43:52Z")
Good thing you didn’t cut your foot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/8 "2020-07-01T11:05:09Z")
Just hope you never get hemorrhoids. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901/9 "2020-07-01T12:45:58Z")
Post hoc ergo propter hoc