#Neck pain

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

I know its kind of silly to say “don’t feel bad for canceling because of pain, fatigue, etc” because I know guilt is a reflex you can’t easily refrain from. But you can reason with yourself so instead I’ll say this:

Nobody can feel what you’re feeling but you. Nobody knows the severity of what you would be putting yourself through if you were to “tough it out.”

If you do “tough it out,” the purpose for you doing the thing will most likely not be fulfilled anyway. You probably will not be mentally present or engaged. You probably will not have a good time or get much out of it. Etc.

If people really have such a problem with it, thats a huge red flag. Being transparent about your needs and boundaries is a great way to weed people like that out of your life.

If you have any kind of chronic illness or disability, remember that you probably have a very warped judgement of what is “reasonable” to endure in terms of pain, fatigue, burnout, etc.

You didn’t ask for this, you don’t deserve this, there is no reason you should have to bear the weight of it alone. I bet if someone else was in your position, you wouldn’t mind helping accommodate for them?

Low energy days are truly sacred, take them seriously. Please respect your body’s signals. “If you do not choose times to rest, your body will choose for you” or however the saying goes

It is so much pressure to have to deliberate what sacrifices are necessary for proper self care. Give yourself extra credit for having to deal with that stress on top of whatever is putting you in that position in the first place. Thats a lot at once

You are leading by example and showing others that you would never expect them to hurt or overextend themselves for your benefit. Putting yourself first always inspires other to do the same.

Please be proud of yourself for even considering canceling and putting your needs first. That is so strong of you <3

[mcnostril]

The human body is a complex machine, strange and unknowable.

[ontheoutside-lookingin]

Some chronic pain memes for extra hurty times

[emotional-moss]

shoutout to the queers with chest dysphoria who have bad posture or tight muscles or chronic back or neck pain from slouching to hide their chests. i've been slouching terribly since i was 13 and my posture is noticeably curved and i've had chronic back pain for the past 2 1/2 years because of it. and i'm not the only one who has these kinds of problems! love you all, remember to stretch, shrimp posture check, and go easy on yourself

[neuroticboyfriend]

shoutout to people with spine curvature conditions - especially ones that are quite noticeable, or ones that require supportive wear. you don't look like a monster. you don't look like a freak. you don't look foolish. you don't need to hide your body, or feel ashamed.

you and your body are just as worthy of compassion as everyone else. you're beautiful, and you and your body are doing their best. you are seen, heard, and loved. it's okay.

[thoughtportal]

If you experience headaches and neck pain, then I’m sure you’ve tried many stretches and releases at the neck but we need to look further into the secondary impairments. Meaning what is causing everything to tighten up and produce headaches. One of those things have to do with the muscle that act the shoulder. In this video, I showed the latissimus dorsi and the upper trapezius and how they have a tug-of-war relationship. If you can mobilize the latissimus dorsi and free tension on the upper trap, you can reduce neck pain and headaches. Give the exercises in this video a try

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[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #3252 - December 22nd

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[thatsbelievable]

[problem-project]

Pulled a muscle in my neck by just taking a deep breath 🫠 wtf

[humanreuben]

universe really said i know you're already in so much pain from so many different things- and then just threw migraines back into the mix. "you haven't had them in 1,5 years? boom, hehe-now you can't look at flashing or bright lights anymore, and won't know if a migraine will give you extreme nausea or not. have fun with that."

[bouncing-flowers]

I cannot stress this enough but my entire body is filled with pain and I don’t want to do this anymore.

[ahedderick]

Posture

Well THIS was a fascinating read. Makes me want to dig into the subject a little more.

Posture was one of many issues my parents were a little too worked up about when I was young. (Above are two screenshots, but not the whole article) I have pretty good posture, if I'm paying attention, but I have also had a lifetime, literally, of back and neck pain. Probably due to multiple serious falls/injuries when I was still a toddler, but still, I was always told that slumping and having back pain were definitely connected. Interesting to read someone saying the posture and back pain are not as, hmm, causative as I was told.

[sapphicspacebitch]

Ugh my neck hurts so fucking bad 😫 someone should come kiss it better 🥺

[eggirrum]

(CW: eye strain kinda)

THIS TOOK ME TWO² HOURS AND SIX⁶ MINUTES BRAH OMG.

Not all that proud of this but it was worth the stiff neck + pain..!!

[thepastisalreadywritten]

🛌💤🔍

[ron456]

Bro, what the hell do you mean tomorrow's only TUESDAY?!? This day had lasted three weeks for me. Also, I'm not really sleep-tired more like burnout-tired. And I have a M A S S I V E H E A D A C H E.

So that's great :)

AND MY NECK STILL HURTSSSS-

RAHHH-

I WOULD SOB IF I COULD.

But I'm not even in "sad pain". I'm in "annoyed pain."

Everything is annoying including myself, currently😭😭

Everything is killing meeee-