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I don't know if my brain has "thinned" but I do know that after sitting for years coding I started experiencing a pinched nerve in my back, and that ain't no fu

by oblib 9y ago

I don't know if my brain has "thinned" but I do know that after sitting for years coding I started experiencing a pinched nerve in my back, and that ain't no fun. I thought I was having a stroke the first time it happened about six months ago. I realized it was a pinched nerve after looking into it but it took several months to figure out exactly what stretches I needed to do to relieve and prevent them.

ianai 9y ago
Where’d you track that info down?
- SuoDuanDao 9y ago
  Not OP, but I actually went to a physiotherapist. Well worth the investment if they know what they're doing.
  - ianai 9y ago
    Very very true. They’ve helped me immensely in the past.
- oblib 9y ago
  Sorry for the slow reply. I read up on the symptoms and since I didn't feel any "pain" it indicated it was a pinched nerve. I started doing some stretches lying on my back and sometimes that stopped the "zinging" immediately but not every time. When it did I could feel my spine in the middle of my back "pop". And if I laid flat on my back I could feel my spine had hump in it. I could also feel some tingling in my feet and legs before it would start zinging me out, so I got to know when they were coming. One day when I felt the tingling I stood up and raised my arms straight up and arched my back backwards as far as I could and slowly lowered my arms by bringing them down while pulling them behind me as far as I could in a half circle motion. All kinds of "popping" noises happened and the tingling went away instantly. Over the next few weeks I had just a few full on zingers and when I did that stretch they went away almost instantly. Since then I've made a point to do those stretches several times a day and I've not had a full blown zinger in over a month. It was bad though. Damn near paralyzing on my left side and I could barely walk when it was happening.

by oblib 9y ago

ianai 9y ago

Where’d you track that info down?

SuoDuanDao 9y ago
Not OP, but I actually went to a physiotherapist. Well worth the investment if they know what they're doing.
- ianai 9y ago
  Very very true. They’ve helped me immensely in the past.
oblib 9y ago
Sorry for the slow reply. I read up on the symptoms and since I didn't feel any "pain" it indicated it was a pinched nerve. I started doing some stretches lying on my back and sometimes that stopped the "zinging" immediately but not every time. When it did I could feel my spine in the middle of my back "pop". And if I laid flat on my back I could feel my spine had hump in it. I could also feel some tingling in my feet and legs before it would start zinging me out, so I got to know when they were coming. One day when I felt the tingling I stood up and raised my arms straight up and arched my back backwards as far as I could and slowly lowered my arms by bringing them down while pulling them behind me as far as I could in a half circle motion. All kinds of "popping" noises happened and the tingling went away instantly. Over the next few weeks I had just a few full on zingers and when I did that stretch they went away almost instantly. Since then I've made a point to do those stretches several times a day and I've not had a full blown zinger in over a month. It was bad though. Damn near paralyzing on my left side and I could barely walk when it was happening.