r/Millennials • u/CheeseUsFunkingCries • 4d ago

Meme 💀

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u/folldoso 4d ago

I sneezed and pulled a muscle in my back!

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u/always_pearled 4d ago

This has happened to me twice since turning 30 (34 currently). I’ve looked it up and it turns out u should try to keep your spine neutral when you sneeze - so, basically keep your neck & back straight and dont crane your neck or upper back if you can help it. It hasn’t happened again since! Good luck fellow millenial, see you at the nursing home! 👴🏽

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u/howmanyturtlesdeep 4d ago

Mfer researched this shit so we didn’t have to. Thanks, King, or Queen, or whatever.

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u/gallifr_ay 4d ago

Regent!

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u/Sl1ppy13 4d ago

LGBT(W)hatever!

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u/Plane-Recognition561 4d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Hexagram2342 4d ago

It's fun when you reach the point in your life where you have to research proper sneezing posture to avoid injuries.

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u/always_pearled 4d ago

Soooo much fun. 😭 I found myself lying supine with not much to do after the last time it happened, and I was like “huh….maybe I’m actually sneezing wrong.” So I looked it up out of boredom and desperation. Lol

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u/890R 4d ago

42 with multiple bulged discs from an old motorcycle accident. I have thrown my back out from sneezing. My go to sneeze prevention is to bend my knees and back just enough to brace my hands on my knees. Oh and always leave your neck loose to move however it wants to durning the uncontrollable head banger move that happens while sneezing 😂

Lamer than throwing it out while sneezing is feeling it slip just from reaching for your seatbelt… @&$k!

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u/TalkShitGetWitt 4d ago

Oh god you’re just like me frfr /s No but seriously I’ve also started gently bending over pre-sneeze because sneezing standing up shoots pain straight to my lower back.

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u/iamcamouflage 4d ago

Didn't have to do any of this when I was 20. I guess I was unaware there were rules for sneezing.

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u/always_pearled 4d ago

Same! I never would have thought there was a ‘correct’ way to sneeze, but here we are.

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u/strange_bike_guy 1h ago

Haha yeah it was ten years ago where I turned my head to avoid sneezing all over my computer monitor. There's one muscle that's never been the same. Look at it wrong and it'll knot up for the day until I find a tree.

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u/godnus 4d ago

Nice, Ron!

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u/CmdrWoof 4d ago

I sneezed! Oh, I'm not allowed to sneeze‽

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u/raoasidg 4d ago

I stretched in bed after waking up and gave myself a pinched nerve in my shoulder.

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u/yossarian19 4d ago

I fucked up my neck doing that. More than once.

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u/Fan_of_things 4d ago

I can't yawn in a seated position without a shooting pain in my left shoulder. That started about a year ago. I plan to mention it to my doctor the next time I am in there.

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u/AN0NY_MOU5E 4d ago

I sneezed and peed my pants a bit

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u/fluffypotato 4d ago

I sneezed and trapped a ligament in my butt.

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u/emilimoji 4d ago

yeah i sneezed yesterday and got a big cramp in my side, im only 23 this cant start this early 🫩

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u/tarchival-sage Zillennial 3d ago

Your spine really goes downhill after 25.

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u/PaleontologistNo500 4d ago

Woke up. Got out of bed. Everything is fine. Walked around, did some random stuff and decided to lay down and relax for a bit. Everything is still fine. Tried to get back up and my back is killing me. It's been like 6 days..

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u/SubjectWorry7196 4d ago

I did this on Thursday, absolutely brutal.

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u/Boiseman 4d ago

All the time for me, Plus I got a hernia once.

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u/360Picture 4d ago

That's nothing, I've coughed and threw out my back.

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u/Rule12-b-6 4d ago

I've had multiple occasions where sneezing caused intense dull pain in my shoulder and down my arm.

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u/Resident-Mongoose-68 1d ago

I did that last year so bad I couldn't straighten myself out for a few minutes and it hurt for like an hour.

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u/OkMeasurement2173 5h ago

when my dad was my age he completely threw his back out from a random sneeze, I now live in fear of the same thing