My neck is.....absolutely ruined

I herniated my disc on my lower back and the pain in the beginning was absolute hell. One of the worst things I've ever experienced. I worried if I was going to lose one side of my lower body because I couldn't feel my leg. I couldn't sleep, could barely walk to the bathroom.

I can see why you're scared. I was, until I did some research.

Now I'm better. More functional, but the pain is still there and inhibits me from living my usual lifestyle. The nerve is still affected so the strength on one leg is still isn't back to 100%, meaning I can't fully engage some muscles. It feels like chunks of my leg aren't there even though they are. It feels super weird. My dick has trouble staying hard for an extended period of time too.

It's going to be a long road to recovery. The idea of a doctor digging through my nerves sounds every scarier.
Most people recover from herniated disks without surgical intervention. Surgery should only be considered in the absolute worst cases.

This made me realize how important posture is.
does it feel like parts of your body are 'missing' in your internal 'register' of your brain/body? that's how mine feels, like i just did not have muscles in my legs for a while. like they wouldn't 'turn on' properly.
 
oh nonononono. this happened to ME.
in 2016.

this was a very bad bad time. how much time do you spend on ur pone? it is caused by the phone. i know the cause, and the solution.

i am .... extremely broke at the moment... but i can help you. for a simple 100 USD i will fix your neck. i am sorry to extort you in such a fashion but i do need the moneys. a doctor will not help. only i can help
the fuck is this?

like on one hand, who the fuck extorts money on a muahi thai forum? but, I ALSO feel like this was caused by looking at my phone too much! sitting at my desk during down time, phone out in front of my sternum and looking down for a few hours a few days in a row. how did you know that

are you left handed any chance?

not sure how to answer that. Im left hand domninant. My left* hand is stronger and I use it more for 90% of things, but I use my right to write and use pc mouse
 
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the fuck is this?

like on one hand, who the fuck extorts money on a muahi thai forum? but, I ALSO feel like this was caused by looking at my phone too much! sitting at my desk during down time, phone out in front of my sternum and looking down for a few hours a few days in a row. how did you know that



not sure how to answer that. Im left hand domninant. My right hand is stronger and I use it more for 90% of things, but I use my right to write and use pc mouse
Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have a new disease that I also have. There is no name for this disease- I call it E-Disease. I am extorting you because, due to a number of factors including this particular condition, I am penniless and have no money and must resort to extreme measures to earn moneys. also because its funny. I have been suffering from this condition from several years and it has caused me a good deal of pain and suffering, but I have discovered the cure.

You are 'twisted up'- there is a muscle imbalance inside of you that is causing all of these problems. It isn't in your biceps, or your triceps, or your legs, or your core- it's in a million small muscles all over your body that are 'out of alignment'. If you tell a doctor this they will think you are insane. if you get a CT scan it will show NOTHING. because it's deeper than a CT scan, it is inside your fascia. Your neck isn't broken or injured in a normal way. It's damaged from being at the wrong angle.

Every second of the day your body is using a thousand muscles that you cannot feel. I can prove it- can you 'feel' your stomach eating food? no, you cant. because there are no nerves on the inside of the stomach. it is impossible. but there are thousands of small muscles inside your stomach that move food and your organs around.

Even when you are sleeping or sitting lazily your body is adapting and adjusting to that. If you are looking at a 2-D computer screen you are not using the same muscles you would if you were walking, or running, or lying down. But your body is still using muscles when you are sitting. You just don't notice it as much because it's not intense exercise.

Basically your body is trying to adapt to this extremely unnatural position of sitting with your neck at a slight downward tilt. Over years and years your neck and muscles have fused into this position, and you just hit the 'breaking point' where your neck looks like this:

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instead of THIS:

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and your body doesn't know what to do. it wants to protect your neck and brain, which are the most important parts of the body as they control the other parts. But it doesn't know how, because never in human history did humans have their necks at this particular angle for hours and hours. Reading you kind of develop the same thing, but not as extreme. So your body locks your neck up in an unnatural position to try to protect it from further injury.

No doctor will know this, because doctors are stupid and look to the past, but I do. This is the new disease you caught it early because you go on your phone a lot and look at it in your lap
 
Time goes by so slowly.
And time can do so much.

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I’m no doctor so don’t listen to me.

I have lifelong neck and back problems. Long before cell phones existed, my neck, instead of being curved backwards was basically straight and growing forward like I had been looking down at a phone all day.

One method to help fix this is to roll up a towel and place it on the edge of your bed. Now lay down with the towel behind your neck and your head hanging over the bed.

This will help put the curve back in your neck. Ultimately your muscles need to be exercised in order to maintain proper posture and you need to stop the offending behaviour.

Sounds like you have more serious problems though. First step is to be x-rayed and get a proper diagnosis from a specialist.
 
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Not seeking medical advice. I know thats generally not allowed. but until they get me in for an MRI theres nothing I can do. already tried calling the ER and they said an emergency MRI isn't something they can do.

get sober, stay good and dont have a single lapse. get the best job of my life and a promotion, and Im met with this.

Over a month ago I started dealing with my neck randomly cracking. not during any rough or physical movements. just, randomly and for no reason at all. like I could look down to take a bite of a sandwich and get the LOUDEST crack I have ever experienced from any part of my body. so loud Im pretty sure it could be heard from another room.

When that would happen I would get a rediculously powerful tingling sensation down my entire spinal cord. I'm talking I could feel it from the crown of my head all the way down to the base of my lower back.

After the tingle/shock sensation went away I'd be completely fine. Zero discomfort at all. with how loud the crack was+sensation every time I expected to not be able to get out of bed the next morning but that was never the case.

went maybe a week with no crack, until it finally cracked again. this time accomplying pain. I have not been able to look down at my unti while pissing for over 2 weeks now. I cant look down at ANYTHING. it hurts and I always know for a fact it will crack again.

Ive never been more scared in my life. I think there is a good chance I'm delaying the inevitable. disability.


way I see it is its one of two things. ether a badly scretched muscle(s) allowing a disc to slip. or herniated disc.

this is extra concerning, as Ive already had at least one herniated and displaced disc in my neck for over a decade now.

Im scared bros

Sorry to hear that dude. As someone dealing with back issues of my own (facet arthropathy) for almost a year and a half now, I feel the that fear man. Get the MRI asap and good luck.
 
Not seeking medical advice. I know thats generally not allowed. but until they get me in for an MRI theres nothing I can do. already tried calling the ER and they said an emergency MRI isn't something they can do.

get sober, stay good and dont have a single lapse. get the best job of my life and a promotion, and Im met with this.

Over a month ago I started dealing with my neck randomly cracking. not during any rough or physical movements. just, randomly and for no reason at all. like I could look down to take a bite of a sandwich and get the LOUDEST crack I have ever experienced from any part of my body. so loud Im pretty sure it could be heard from another room.

When that would happen I would get a rediculously powerful tingling sensation down my entire spinal cord. I'm talking I could feel it from the crown of my head all the way down to the base of my lower back.

After the tingle/shock sensation went away I'd be completely fine. Zero discomfort at all. with how loud the crack was+sensation every time I expected to not be able to get out of bed the next morning but that was never the case.

went maybe a week with no crack, until it finally cracked again. this time accomplying pain. I have not been able to look down at my unti while pissing for over 2 weeks now. I cant look down at ANYTHING. it hurts and I always know for a fact it will crack again.

Ive never been more scared in my life. I think there is a good chance I'm delaying the inevitable. disability.


way I see it is its one of two things. ether a badly scretched muscle(s) allowing a disc to slip. or herniated disc.

this is extra concerning, as Ive already had at least one herniated and displaced disc in my neck for over a decade now.

Im scared bros

I'm invested. Keep the updates coming.
 
I'm invested. Keep the updates coming.
I have state provided free insurance. which means it could be a while before the MRI is approved. maybe 5 days. maybe a month. maybe never? I dunno, its never let me down before though. actually kind of amazing, I havent paid for any medication, 12+ detox stays, 2 month long rehabs, and countless doctor visits. not a single cent. I hope I stay on it forever, they have actually been mailing me asking for updated proof of how much I make (was unemployed for a while when I got it) and I'm dodging responding because I dont want to lose it.

so hopefully they get me this MRI fast as fuck


today was horrible. woke up at a 2/10 discomfort. within 2 hours it was at an 7/10 and stayed there all day except peaking at a 8.5/10 for around an hour and a half. but Ive been tossing back medication and aleve like skittles though. Ive probably taken a few years off the health of my stomach lining the last month from the aleve/ibuprofen

I got a little bit of relief right now. its only a 5/10 discomfort, but thats enough to make it nearly impossible to get comfortable or fall asleep

I'm astonished I made it through this work week.
 
I have no idea what is going on any more.

thursday: absolute unrelenting agony. 9/10 pain before noon. I didnt necessarily feel like my neck was going to crack though, just unrelenting pain. I was able to work through it by holding my neck/head at my computer but physical work probably would have been impossible

today: absolutely zero pain or discomfort all day. for the first time in no less than two weeks I can say I was pain free and did not have to compensate my neck to avoid pain/cracking. the entire day I was thinking, holy shit is this real? Is this possible? dont get your hopes up...its too good to be true. youre gonna fuck yourself getting your hopes up. get home from work and still no pain. think Im in the clear for the rest of the night and maybe the entire weekend. then for absolutely no reason whatsoever, just from laying in bed for a few hours, a little bit of pain but MASSIVE discomfort hit. I absolutely had to avoid moving almost entirely to prevent cracking from the extreme tension. like all my muscles locked up and the vertebrae was ready to go. lasted about 90 minutes, and now Im good again other than linger tense muscles on the right side.

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

also Im sure its related but the muscles on the right side of my neck feel hard as a rock while the left side is completely normal. this is constant, 24/7 and Im sure its related. for what its worth I have a permanently dislocated collar bone and have had severe TMJ disorder for over a decade, so everything from my waste up is completely out of whack since everything is so interconnected. Im gonna try really hard to get to a massage therapist tomorrow
 
hit a new personal best pain record. not really much to talk about I know, but mildly interesting to think today I experienced the most pain I ever have in my 30+ years
 
hit a new personal best pain record. not really much to talk about I know, but mildly interesting to think today I experienced the most pain I ever have in my 30+ years

Even when you did anal for the first time?
 
Sounds like you need
Medrol pack
MRI
Physical Therapy exercises
Possibly need neurosurgery consult depending on results of MRI

If you take a wash cloth or smaller towel and wet it and put it
in the microwave. Get it hot, not enough to burn you, but really really warm
lay down and put it on your neck and it can help calm the muscles down.
Make sure your neck is supported with a pillow. Take deep relaxing breaths if possible.
Icy hot with lidocaine is nice as well, if you can find someone to lightly massage it in.

Mustard, pickle juice, maganesium glycinate can help with the spasms
Obviously stay hydrated and do your best to keep a good posture.
 
Any update? Hope you’re doing well.
got a an xray and ct scan today at urgent care

everything looks in alignment, nothing obviously broken. they did not have an MRI though, so if its a real bad herniation or something similar they cant tell and I have to wait for an appointment to get the MRI

the doctor assures me Im not going to just drop dead but I dont exactly feel at ease at all. something is going on still
 
got a an xray and ct scan today at urgent care

everything looks in alignment, nothing obviously broken. they did not have an MRI though, so if its a real bad herniation or something similar they cant tell and I have to wait for an appointment to get the MRI

the doctor assures me Im not going to just drop dead but I dont exactly feel at ease at all. something is going on still
Sucks youre experiencing this presumably through your holidays. At 5 pages I'm sure everything has been suggested so I hope relief is a reality and expedited.
 
Still have a hard time believing this is real. This is beyond hypochondria, its so bizzarre it has to be trolling.
 
Gonstead chiropractic... Maybe have a look at that, there's good videos of practitioners on YouTube. Dr. Suh is one...
recommending a chiropractic for someone experiencing neurologig at least sensations at the neck is like asking the Rock how to build on drug free mass.

A chiropractic has exactly ONE way of treatment and that treatment even in our small town has lead to 3 embolism by damaging A. vertebralis while "treating" the patient. You know what that means right? Stroke at best. Go to a psychic healer you will get better treatment. The most quack profession in medical health industry.
 
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