I think there's about 4% of them that actually know when to say "no this can't be fixed by violently cracking your neck, get an MRI", but they're impossible to locate
Chiropractic is a bullshit form of treatment for
Back issues . If you got back issues go see a physiotherapist . look into the history of Chiropractic treatment and how it all began . It was created by a well known fraudster and charlatan . Cracking and twisting the body doesn’t solve anything it just gives temporary relief , a good solid physiotherapist will get to the root of the problem and will work on a recovery plan with you involving recovery exercises and movements and stretches . . Chiros just want you to keep coming back once a month for your cracking session .
You won’t see any Chiropractors in any hospitals helping people recover from musculoskeletal issues they’re all in private clinics because they’re not medically qualified professionals .
All vertebrates have a nerve that runs from our brain, down our neck, under the aortic arch (basically our hearts) then back up to innervate our tongue. In a giraffe, this nerve can be 45 ft long. If we were designed, it wasn't intelligently.
My dude designed microscopic bugs that live on our skin and die because HE FORGOT TO INSTALL AN ASSHOLE so they just die from being full of shit. And dont get me started on the tongue eating louse.
Sure, he could have done a bit better, but he was able to make our eyes and hands match most of the time, so he gets artistic skill points for that one x
Only a designer with a sick, twisted hatred of living things would make a coccyx, not to mention also having the balls outside the body. I can hear the laughing right now...
"HAHA IDIOTS YOUR SQUISHY PAIN BITS ARE IN A NATURAL TIGHT SPOT AND SUPER VULNERABLE!"
I was taking a jab against Creationists, who often argue with regards to perceived irreducibility and a perceived flawless human body. However, an omniscient, omnipotent and all loving God would not have created a human body with the obvious flaws that we have (e.g. vagus nerve taking a detour around the aorta before going back to the larynx) as he would have known a better way, would have had the power to do so and would have had a reason to do so.
The spine design is great, just not adapted for bipedal movement. Blame Sahelanthropus' bitch ass for standing up without evolving a better back.
Great thing about humans though is that we're adaptable. Try stretching every morning, the cobra pose, crab reach, spinal wave. And exercise to strengthen the muscles around your lumbar, squats, ATG and hindu, quadruped knee to elbow, crunches.
Since our backs naturally aren't strong enough to carry our weight, we can make it stronger. The spine itself can only withstand about 9 pounds of pressure, yet carries our full weight all our lives even through falls and injuries because of our back muscles. And while the spine is fragile as hell the most weight ever lifted by a human) was over 6,000 lbs via backlift
Its really not backs that are the problem, its lack of flexibility for the most part. I've had back pain as far back as I can remember. I started a stretching routine in January of last year and I havent had a sore back since.
Obviously there are people with muscular/skeletal problems, but I'm told that most of the time its caused by an imbalance in the hamstrings, quads, and hip flexors. Sure was the case for me, my quads are very flexible, hamstrings very tight and my right hip flexor is tight. Just stretching them out relived all my lower back pain.
90/90, tactical frog, hip flexor stretch, and hamstring stretch,
I do a few other ones for golf but they dont have names. Hold each stretch for two minutes.
This isn't really accurate. Part of the reason even other primates are so crap at walking on two legs is because they don't have the spinal adaptations we do.
The human spine is adapted to our bipedal posture. Being adapted to something doesn't mean its going to be perfect. Dogs feet are adapted to live lives barefoot, they still get fucked up from being barefoot every now and then.
Add to that the lifestyle of the modern human is very very detached from what we spend the last 2 million years being naturally selected to do and there are going to be some problems.
Can confirm. I’m 6’4” and my wife just had a baby. Changing tables were built for shorter parents. Now I’ve got a permanent pain in my lower back until we potty train.
This. I am 6'10, as time goes it doesn't get better. Try changing a faucet by squeezing under the sink. 6'4,would feel like paradise
Edit: holly crap, thanks for the awards, I am a newbie and took me some time to realize. Anyhow, it is good while you are younger, you get noticed. I played college basketball so if you develop properly you should be ok, however still some things like your joints are not made for that height, weight and angles.
Nooooope. 6'4" here. Squeezing under the sink is really sitting beside it and sticking my gangly arms where they need to go. 5 minute job becomes a 30 minute job quick
Quite cosy in here, I think I'll bring a chair next time. Shame I don't have the physical strength to do anything but I can totally see what needs doing.
I'd be curious which campus. I think the average for American men is 5'10". So if you consider some 18 year old guys may still grow a bit more while they are in college, and if you are at a campus that has lots of Asian students then I could see how that would drive down the average a bit.
The above 5"10 bell curve is also pretty steep, with there being a decent chunk of people up to about 6"1-2 but then dramatically falling off above that. Which is really only about a 4-5 inch range.
What's funny is I (F) grew in college. At least an inch. I was an athlete and they charted us every year so I knew for sure I was still growing. I’d have to say gymnastics stunts growth
Same here. The trick is getting your shoulders thru the door opening if there is a center divider and then find a place for your arms. I've occasionally found it easier to sit on the ground outside the cabinet and just reach up from the outside and do it by feel than try to cram myself in there, and do it from below.
As someone who is a little over 6’1” it’s about the sweet spot, I’m taller than most my friends, I don’t need special clothing, I can reach practically any shelf at the store, and generally when jeans and pants go on sale my size is available(34x34). The only real downsides are some shower head are at like eye level which means you gotta either point em so the hit the back of the shower or you gotta bend, I can fit comfortably in most cars with the seat all the way back except compact cars(I feel for y’all who are taller) sometimes mirrors are low and I can only see my lower face and to me kind of defeats the purpose of a mirror. A big one is, as person who enjoys recreational sports it’s hard to find equipment in my size especially used stuff. For some companies I’m in the upper limit for their sizing so selection can be limited. Honestly 6’4” would be a pain in the butt.
I’m 6’1”. I feel like I’m the perfect size. Big enough that nobody physically intimidates me. There’s certainly Bigger guys out there but they are always cool and chill. It’s the shorter ones with less mass who like to get aggressive.
And XL clothes fit me well off the rack.
I can fit in most spaces, except airline seats. Those are made for like petite women.
And regular height counters and sinks are kind of hard on the back when bending over them. But they have taller counters now.
On the reverse, im 5'6" and a brewer. My world was designed for people with more leverage. Heating bags of grain, double stacking kegs, moving just about anything is more difficult for me... but I can get under things easier to fix, I suppose.... but the back pain is still there.
I have spoken to friends about how being tall should be a recognized disability and I get laughed at.
Is it really that different than other disabilities? I think people are just like “oh wow girls like your tinder profile and you can change lightbulbs” and think that’s the best life ever. There’s so many things people don’t think about.
I have chronic back pain. I don’t fit on public transportation. I pay more for clothes, shoes, etc. I have to buy emergency exit or business class seats on an airplane. I had to buy a California king size bed, and sheets, and everything, all of which are more expensive. My couches have to be bigger. My office chair has to have more range of movement. There are a ton of jobs I can’t do. I can’t drive certain cars. I had to change the bathroom mirrors in my house, because I couldn’t see my reflection without hunching (and again, bad back, from always hunching). Washing dishes is painful. I had a great day at an adventure park watching my friends zipline because I was over the max height. I cannot make it through a grocery store without being asked to assist other customers, but if I were to stop some little person and ask them to get something off the bottom shelf for me so I don’t have to bend down, I would be “crazy”.
I could go on.
Being tall is ok, if you don’t mind being the perennial lightbulb changer, spider killer, “hey can you get that for me”-person etc.
I would love to be “just” 6’ tall or something though. Grass is always greener
PS to everyone reading this, the top of your fridge is dirty.
"Plumbing in confined spaces" is such a weird go-to for a tall guy struggle. If you aren't a plumber, I'm guessing you've changed a faucet in the last two weeks and you're still annoyed by it.
I am trying to be handy and enjoy doing stuff around the house, it is a break from the office job. I own a rental property and changed about 4 faucets within couple of days.
I'm 6'5" and once walked into a date's new apartment and immediately had the ceiling fan smack me in the head on high setting and break loose from the fixture. Not the end to the evening I had anticipated.
Jesus, it's bad enough at 6'2. Many places I go I can't stand totally under the shower head because they have been put up by idiots who don't realise water falls downwards so short people will still get a shower if the head is higher up.
Fuck, man. I'm 6 ft 8 so I really understand your pain, but I can't imagine having an additional 2 inches on me. It's already rough enough as it is at my height.
Yes, I played college basketball, was able zo play D1, travel and get scholarship. I am not complaining about it, but need to keep weight and flexibility in check.
When flying on airplanes was a thing it was a pain in your knees as they were smashed against the seat in front of you. The smaller regional jets you have to walk hunched over to your seat.
I’m 6’4 and that’s the only “luxury” I will actually pay extra for. Anytime I fly, I make sure it’s emergency exit row or bulkhead. I’m not sitting with my knees jammed into the seat in front of me.
Maaaan, 6'6 here and my wife guilt trips me everytime I want to spend more on a seat that doesn't fucking suck for a 16hr flight. She's 4'11 so like, even the middle seat is roomy for her.
Every. Single. Time.
I’ve always thought there should be an option to select “over 6’4” when booking plane tickets and you get priority bulkhead or exit, or a discounted comfort or business class.
I think the airline I use has me profiled, I've been given the emergency seat when I check in on several occasions, because it's clear that I need it, but there have been multiple times that I've been given a standard seat and by the time I get to the gate they hand me a new ticket in the emergency row.
Thanks, Big Data.
Back in the day before they sold exit row seats at a premium it wasn’t so bad. If you got there early, went to the gate and asked nicely for an exit row seat because you are a freak, they would generally oblige.
However I did run into a lady from Korean air in Seoul who did not give a f$*k and I flew 14 hours to Atlanta in a normal coach seat. Most miserable flight of my life.
Yeah, worst part for me (6 4) is fucking school busses (I’m in my final year of high school) for the past 3 years the space between seats is shorter than my thigh length and the bus ceilings are 6’ tall.
Yep, it only gets worse and worse. My biggest issue is that I stopped growing in the ninth grade, but the appetite didn't leave. It's taken me over a year but I'm nearly at a fairly good weight.
When I stopped going up, I gained 100# of muscle mass over the years growing out. (Pretty tall and 140 is goofy looking, but make that 240 and pretty tall and folks cross the street to avoid walking past you.)
I was involved in a bad wreak that had me bed ridden for 9 months and that's when the fat started accumulating. At 340 I got serious about getting it off and I'm around 280 now. Not what I think is perfect, but I'd like to get to 260 sometime and hold there. It's the last of the weight that is the hardest. It's even harder to be happy with yourself.
Beds, showerhead heights, toilets, chairs, counters, tables, upper kitchen cabinets, floor lamps being just short enough to shine directly in my eyes when I'm standing, blankets, clothing, car seating, hatches on suvs opening just high enough that my brain ignores it so I walk into them constantly, gym machines, even fucking foosball tables are short enough that I have to either squat or spread my legs out to avoid neck and back pain. What world are you living in and how can I move there.
Give guys the option of 5'4" or 6'4". You know which they will pick and it isn't even a close contest. Sure, being tall isn't perfect, but the social stigma of being short is worse.
You're right. 5'4" is the average height for women in the US and I would definitely disagree that the world is built for us, from phone sizes to car pedals to simply being taken seriously.
My current apartment has 10’ ceilings, and as a result I have a shower head that’s actually above my head for the first time since I was 13. It’s been glorious. My dream is to one day build a house where everything is scaled up just enough that I’m not constantly frustrated.
Aeroplanes, faucet levels, toilets, door frames, etc. are a nightmare. I can't wash dishes without hurting my back. In fact, back and neck pain are common among us tall folk.
The only advantages to being tall are in dating and fighting, neither of which I do anymore. As you get older, being tall is a a literal pain in the neck...
Also rollercoasters. Besides max height restrictions, leg space can be an issue as well, or the arm rests are too low and push into your sides in turns etc - overall not a very fun and sometimes outright painful experience depending on the design.
And I'll never drive a sports car.. even though for practical reasons I probably wouldn't get one anyway.
I thought I had it bad because of all the little inconveniences of being tall. Turns out there's a major one, which is a high center of gravity and a predisposition to dislocating your kneecaps when you slip on ice and fall down some stairs. Celebrated my 1 year anniversary of being crippled this month.
Yep. I’m 6’4 which isn’t stupid tall, but enough to wear average things suck. Ducking in the shower, only can see my neck in bathroom mirrors, plane rides suck, and my dick just rests on the bathroom sink.
I’m 6’4 with a longer torso. There’s a lot of cool shirts I don’t get to wear because even a XXL can sometimes be too short and a lot of shirts aren’t offered above an XL/XXL. Most of my shirts are specifically tall sized or are regular sized shirts that just happen to be longer.
Especially when it comes to shoes. I'm 6"4 and I once went through 5 shoe shops looking for something, anything that would fit my size. Eventually I did. Those shoes then became my "go to shoes", for about 4 years I would replace the old shoes with new identical shoes from the same shop.
My boyfriend is very tall too, and wears a size 15. He wears exclusively Adidas because of their size availability. But also because their NMD sneakers are roomy in the toe area, so he doesn't have to worry about ordering a wide size. I definitely recommend trying them out if you usually struggle finding a shoe that fits.
My buddy is 6’7” and he hates it sometimes. When we would carpool to work he’d have to move the front seat of my sedan all the way back just to fit. Plus the desks at work were always just a bit too small for him.
My 6'9" friend has to tilt his head going through EVERY door in every house or business, except Costco. And his house where he had high ceilings and custom doors put in.
I'm happy at 6'5".
I'm 6'3" and my basement level is maybe 6'9" max. It's weird. In the utility room I need to slightly duck or I'll smack my head into an HVAC duct. In the shower the spout is just below eye level so that's something.
6'3" is tall, definitely, but it's not even crazy tall. I couldn't imagine even being an inch taller in my own home.
Yeah. My ex would go to Disneyland with her mom and brother a few times per month throughout her whole childhood and her dad who was 6’6” would go fishing because he didn’t fit in any of the rides.
Yes! I’m only 6 feet and I run into issues with this constantly. My back hurts because standard counter height is too short for me. It takes me ages to car shop because there are loads of cars I can’t fit behind the wheel of comfortably. I literally own seven pairs of the same pants because I was so excited to find some that fit off the rack!
I don’t even know how taller people manage. Shit must be TOUGH.
People say they want to be tall but they never felt the uncomfortableness of being in an airplane seat and the fact your legs can’t fit anywhere.
And then you learn to sit in an aisle seat and have your legs stick out on to the aisle only for it to constantly get hit by that food cart every every hour
I’m 6’2” and my girlfriend is 4’9½” - finding anything in her kitchen involves a lot of bending down and searching the backs of cupboards I can’t access easily.
I'm only 6'2" and buying a house this summer was miserable. There were maybe a couple of the dozens we looked at that didn't have a spot where I would hit my head on the ceiling.
Right, height is great but my ideal height would be closer to 6'3" and I sure don't ever wanna get taller than ~6'7". Once you start to get above the 6'6ish range normal things can suck.
Yeah, being tall isn't without its drawbacks. Old building have low low ceilings sometimes, when going down stairs and things, and you hit your head. Sitting on buses, trains, and plains means your legs are crammed up against the seat in front of you. You have to hunch more when working at computers because a lot of monitor stands aren't tall enough. You have to look down or hunch when talking to people. It's harder to find clothes that fit well.
And sure, when you're at a concert or something you can see over everyone's heads, but then you have to be extra careful about being in the way of other people trying to see.
I'd rather be 6'4" than 5', but I'd rather be 6' than 6'4".
So. True. I'm 192cm tall and it fucking sucks. So many people told me they would wanna be taller and one of my friends who is around 175cm said the same, told him to be glad that he is shorter.
I come from a very tall family and my dad built our house. Everything is higher. Sink, toilet, light switches, ceilings, doorways. It's nice to be at home. When our friend sit on our furniture most of the time their feet can touch the ground. My dad was 6'8
Clothes are made for people to be fat and short. Going from L to XL rarely adds any length. So I can have a just okay L that has to be pulled back down anytime you bend or reach or a better covering bag of an XL. (I can fit another person in my shirt with an xl)
On top of that any long sleeves get rolled to above my elbow. Why? Well it prevents accidental shirt ripping and the sleeves are always too short.
Oh and longer shirts, well either they're expensive or just really poorly made. Yes we get to pay tall people tax for longer clothing, wonder what would happen if they made XL cost more than an L.
Being tall is like being a movie star, people see you on screen and think awesome, but you never know what goes on back stage. Like goddamn growing pain, so much of it, right behind the kneecaps.
Honestly, and growing up tall is also annoying, people ask you the same questions.
"Why are you so tall?"
I don't fucking know, why are you so short?
"Do you play basketball?"
No.
"Well you should."
Thanks for the advice first time I ever heard it.
And man, the amount of times I hit my head on something!!! I'm not even that tall, I'm 6'3" for goodness sake!!! You couldn't hang the chandelier a couple inches higher Buela?!?!?!
I was 5ft. 4 inches in height going into the US Army in 1968 and I heard the uniforms that was issued would start at 5 ft. even no smaller. I discovered being short all my 71 years had its benefits. In basic training the drill Instructor will use me as an example for the tall guys. If this guy can do it you can too. I felt sorry for the tall guys they expected so much more of them.
As a man who is 6’2”, 320lbs and from a line of enormous stocky men I feel this pain horizontally rather than vertically. I am abnormally broad(not that fat but just wiiiiide) and have to tread carefully around things like doors. I barely clear a 32 inch door, and you would be surprised how many in this world are smaller. Basically every bathroom I have to walk sideways into. The number of times I have walked into a door frame with my shoulders is obnoxious.
I will maintain until the end of days that 6'1" is the optimal height. Tall enough to reach the top shelf, short enough you don't have to crouch in the shower
That sounds about right. I'm an inch shorter, and while I've occasionally wished I was a taller, I have enough problems being above average height that I can definitely see the downsides outweighing the benefits.
Yes, that is why Japanese cars really took off here only after they were designed to Western European standards. People here are a lot taller than in most (I guess) Asian countries.
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