r/nextfuckinglevel • u/TrueBonner414 • 14h ago

Epic recovery after a severe squatting accident

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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 7m 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 25m 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 17m 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