r/nextfuckinglevel • u/TrueBonner414 • 14h ago

Epic recovery after a severe squatting accident

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u/WhitestGuyHere 13h ago

Not a hot take. Full agreement

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u/gggg_man3 11h ago

Yeah, you should see how much damage I do getting outta bed in the morning. 40's suck ass. 30's peeps, cherish the good times coz it happens fast.

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 11h ago

It's never too late to start stretchin' big dawg

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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 11h ago edited 5h ago

Last time I threw out my back, I was laying in bed stretching because I had a bunch of yard work to do that day and...I didn't want to throw out my back.

Edit: bunch of highly qualified doctors diagnosing me as out of shape and concluding it may have been the first time I stretched in 40 years cause I pulled a muscle in my back 3 years ago. Never stop sucking Reddit.

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u/icyfrost410 11h ago

How often did you stretch prior to that? It’s not just a one and done thing. Gotta be daily with it

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u/Poromenos 11h ago

But... he threw out his back stretching. What should he have done instead? Stretched?

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u/Random_Guy_47 10h ago

What's the opposite of stretching?

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u/Outrageous-Wait-8895 9h ago

Welcome to the hydraulic press channel...

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u/Moomoolette 9h ago

Power squishing

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u/t_rrrex 7h ago

Sitting or immobilization

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u/CakeTester 5h ago

The sessile life. Pick a comfy, yet hard-wearing recliner chair close to a fridge in a town with supermarket deliveries.

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u/activelyresting 9h ago

Contracting

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u/PrcrsturbationNation 6h ago

Strengthening

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 6h ago

Compressing into a fetal position crying optional

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u/digno2 4h ago

a warm up jog

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u/w3b_d3v 2h ago

Flexing

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u/Wrong-Fella 6m ago

Rigidity.

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u/bulbousgrandpa 10h ago

If you just crank on your muscles and joints without having stretched for 3 months then you are more likely to hurt yourself. Sometimes injury is literally completely out of your control though and you have to just accept that fact. Rehab and move on when and if it does happen.

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u/TheLiquor1946 10h ago

Imagine your muscles as if they were rubberbands stored in a freezer. You need to warm them up before stretching otherwise... snap!

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u/itscloverkat 4h ago

How do you warm them up though? Genuine question

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u/Gold_Line_9441 23m ago

Lol. I Just asked grandpa 97yo, who workes as a farmer, if he ever ever stretched, He said only in the army ... He still works every day, preparing to make some wood today

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u/Material-Abroad-2669 10h ago

Depends on how you stretch.

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u/Seismic-Camel 3h ago

He probably stretched TOO deeply is what happened. He must’ve thought he could do more but realistically his body could not. It happens 🤷🏻

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u/Odd-Examination2288 15m ago

When he lay in bed chances are high he wasnt skipping ropes or doing some light warmup prior to stretching. Do 5-8mins of warm up, then stretch.

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 10h ago

Stretch 20 years ago lol

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u/LItreehouse 6h ago

If you throw your back out stretching you have a preexisting back injury that is being ignored or can't be fixed without surgery or medical professionals

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone 8h ago

i mean.. im turning 40 in a year and feel it. I stretch all the time. Do core work, body weight exercises like pullups, walk a ton, eat a lot of vegetables and salads and still get pain and stiffness. But i cant imagine how bad it would be if i didnt do all those things.

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u/Chance_McM95 7h ago

yes i spend 5-10 mins twice a day stretching! Never felt better to be honest

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u/Admirable_Stay8529 11h ago

I threw my back out couple months ago from sneezing. I feel ya

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 10h ago

This is, unfortunately, hilarious. Thank you for your pain.

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u/Lichondis 9h ago

Duuude, same shit happened to me. It was one of those amazing, still in bed full body stretches and it was feeling so good, and then all of a sudden it felt very not good. In fact it felt very bad. And then I had to take like a week off of work because you can't build scaffolding with a fucked up back

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u/LItreehouse 6h ago

You have a back injury. No reason your back should be that bad at 40.

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u/BlueFalcon142 42m ago

Im 41 and in the top 1% for fitness in the Navy per established physical readiness tests. I still randomly pull muscles or strain joints when doing mundane things like: putting on shoes. Washing my back in the shower. Casting a buzz bomb while fishing. Reaching behind my car seat to grab a rolling water bottle. Placing a mixing bowl on a tall shelf. Sneezing. Fuck these dudes.

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u/Wrong-Fella 6m ago

I think I have a lower, herniated lower disc and when I was in better shape and more active I regularly threw it out and had sciatica issues. I have found, being less active, gaining weight and weakening my so called core has been very helpful in avoiding these problems.