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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you’ve never sneezed and thrown your back out, count your blessings.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

A few months ago, I pinched a nerve in my neck because I picked up a shampoo bottle wrong.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've swallowed water the wrong way and had coughing fit that cramped my gouche.

I hope it never happens again, but I'm sure instances like that will increase.

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah that's happened. I had like a minor back strain already, took me a moment to stand up. In the middle of that process, I sneezed. Huge mistake.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

I drank water too hard.

Untag me, please.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remember all those injuries you brushed off when you were a kid? They're baaaack....

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 18 points 1 day ago

And they're PISSED

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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I am currently lying down, not because I prefer the floor, my because I lay down to stretch a bit, and my back has now completely locked up. I'm not joking: I physically cannot get up, and a doctor is on the way. I'm not even 30 yet...

[–] werty@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would have thought the best aquaman would be more flexible...

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm out of my element, on dry land. Once the doctor gets here I'll just have them waterboard me for a couple minutes and I should be ok

[–] werty@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Glad to hear you have a reputable spinal sturgeon and not some silly jellyfish selling snake oil.

[–] parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

*sea snake oil

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 day ago

I'm sat with an ice pack on my knee so I totally gey it

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[–] match@pawb.social 26 points 1 day ago (6 children)

yoga is real good for this tbh

[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

This. Just a bit of stretching and light exercise 10 mins a day can do miracles.

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[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I once fractured my fibula blowing out a candle. I was, like, 17. You're telling me it's going to get WORSE?!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

fractured fibula

blowing out a candle

How the FUCK did you manage to break your LEG by blowing AIR through your LIPS??

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

It’s called talent, learn it.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It was one of those tall, thin church candles that you normally put out with a long handheld suffocator. Me, I tried to just jump for it. Came down awkwardly on one of the thing's feet, lost my balance, and my leg crumpled in under me as I fell.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 21 hours ago

Always said organized religion is a dangerous thing..

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

It may already be too late for you.

[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

I messed up my back today putting on my shoes. I may be crippled for life now. Not sure, but it feels like it.

Is this shit why boomers are always so good damn angry? Ffs I'm 35.

I'm starting to get it. But I'm a trooper and I'm not gonna blame it on the kids just yet. I'm just an out of shape alcoholic. What do I know?

But also, they should get off my lawn and their raps music is too loud. And their haircuts make them look like a discount ear swab. /S

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But I'm very tall. I managed to throw my back out by pushing in an empty dining room chair that even had felt on the bottom of the legs sliding over linoleum. That was last year, luckily no repeats. I don't fear my dining room yet.

Last month my neck didn't work. Pulled something while sleeping.

[–] VitaminH@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

42, I've thrown my back out lifting the toilet seat.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Every yawn comes with its own risk of dislocating my jaw.

I'm not the only one!?

Staying in shape has helped prevent most other silly injuries though.

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[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

55 here, I'm a regular runner, not a problem, even ½ marathons. However, I can just be walking to work in the most comfortable shoes, and my ankle randomly gives out, I can't even move. 5 minutes later it's back to normal heh.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago

I still remember chugging a Gatorade after work one summer and feeling like someone straight jump kicked me in the chest.

[–] KiwiTheFlightless@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Sprained my back sneezing and the military medical officer insinuated that it is not possible and I was malingering... Hope that fella live a long life...

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 12 points 21 hours ago

Jfc, I'm still dealing with a muscle I pulled turning over in bed. In November of last year.

[–] Remorhaz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, tore my meniscus in my knee a month ago shifting my weight standing still in my kitchen

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I'm in this post and I don't like it.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In my 20s I once threw my back out pressing an elevator button.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I think you just won the thread

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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I sustained a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal completely at random last year. No trauma, no accidents, nothing. Went on a five-day drive and returned to go to work. A week later my foot started hurting really bad. I kept working on it and eventually saw a doctor. Misdiagnosed as plantar fasciitis, and continued to work on it with insoles. After a while I had to get an air boot. Before long it was x-rayed and turned out to be a stress fracture with no apparent origin.

The six month healing process was absolute fucking garbage and I would never do it again. Having nearly two months off of work was nice enough, but I couldn't do much other than lay around elevating my foot. If I tried to get in my computer the pain in my foot would increase tenfold. Crutches to get around anywhere. Showered by laying spread eagle on the floor of the tub, blasting out my asshole with the shower head. Mornings were excruciating as the blood rushed to the fracture site and caused my foot to swell up big and purple. Genuinely the worst injury I've ever had to heal from. I never thought it would get better. I truly thought this was the new normal. You'd think a small stress fracture would be minor. Still hurts here and there but I'm about seven months out and doing a lot better than before.

Have to assume I'm just getting old, I guess.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Probably just an alien foot implant - the injector slips sometimes.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I once sneezed hard and somehow had my hair caught in my armpit, hurting my neck

[–] gens@programming.dev 4 points 17 hours ago

Thanks, that made me laugh

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Born in the 70s. I've sat on my balls twice so far this year. That's never happened before, I used to just laugh at the idea 😓

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

Kind of a tangent, but when I was younger I used to accidentally kick myself in the balls by sitting cross legged too quickly and hitting with my heel.

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[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 9 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Nothing like sneezing so hard you get a crick in your neck for a week. 44.

Ffffffff

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sneezing is one of the top ways people throw out their backs.

[–] hkspowers@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago

After having my back go out twice from sneezing, I asked my doctor about it. He told me this life changing tip which so far (6 yrs) has never failed. When you feel a sneeze coming on, pull your shoulder blades back and look directly up, you can sneeze as hard as you want in this position and you will be fine. In my experience just the looking up is usually enough to protect the back, the pulled back shoulder blades is just an added layer of protection.

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[–] bpev@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

TBF I've been choking on water since I was a wee lad. I just drink too aggressively. A drinking problem, of sorts.

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[–] kooks_only@lemmy.ca 8 points 20 hours ago

Sneezed on the toilet once with my head turned. Neck was frozen for like a week after that one lol.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

I've had the drink water too hard thing since forever - take a super big gulp, feels like it's trying to blow your esophagus apart all the way down.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

I woke up from a good sleep last year, got up refreshed and ready for work. First time in years that it happened. Stood up and did a big yawn and stretch, then felt a sharp ripping feeling in my back. I tore a muscle stretching. I was 29 and it still wants to lock up today.

Bonus; tore it a year before almost to the day by literally just rolling over in bed. I felt it happen, said "aw fuck" and went back to sleep. Road trip to Maine and Martha's Vineyard cancelled because the pain was too intense to drive.

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I stumbled a few months back stepping over a rope that was about fifteen centimeters off the ground and cracked a rib or something. I didn't even fall, just kinda leaned forward the wrong way a bit. Pain for weeks.

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[–] potjandorie@feddit.nl 5 points 21 hours ago

I went jogging, misstepped and then had back pains for the next 3 weeks. I walked like Quasimodo the first couple of days.

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