Health: Today, I decided to improve my posture by sitting through all...

By Less - 07/03/2011 19:39 - Reserved

Today, I decided to improve my posture by sitting through all of my classes with my shoulders and back completely straight. Pretty soon I couldn't move my shoulders at all. I had to go to the chiropractor. It turns out that in trying to improve my posture, I misaligned my spine instead. FML

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By Epithymia - 15/08/2016 15:09 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I went to the chiropractor for a check up. She was going through some of the ways to help my posture and mentioned something that I've never heard before. My fat ass thought it was a type of food. Turns out it was a sports routine. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/08/2021 02:01 - Canada

Today, I researched how to manage chronic tailbone pain from excessive sitting. One of the most consistent pieces of advice was to lean forward when working. My posture is already so bad, my chiropractor says I'm one of his worst clients of all time. I work a desk job. FML

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By CallMeCherry - 26/08/2020 07:59 - United Kingdom

Today, I managed to "permanently and irrevocably" damage my spine. How? By bending down and picking up a piece of paper. According to my doctor, essentially I need to, "bend over like a stripper if I want to pick something up." FML

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By RAHrahRAH - 15/01/2010 02:07 - Canada

Today, I went to my doctor to get my x-ray results. Turns out, I have a fractured spine and a chip of my spine has moved. Now I'm in a neck brace because my dad didn't think it was serious, and told me to "suck it up princess." FML

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Bent out of shape

By Anonymous - 28/06/2024 21:00 - United Kingdom - Clydebank

Today, I went for a massage because my shoulder's been hurting for months but I can't take decent painkillers because they'd react with my anti-depressants. It STILL hurts, but worse, across my upper spine, and I can't tilt my head back. I paid to look like The Hunchback of Notre Dame doing a swan impression. FML

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By flexibleflatulance - 05/09/2009 03:07 - United States

Today, before class I was trying to prove I can twist myself like the people on the front of my anatomy textbook, I got onto a table and twisted my ankles behind my head. Everyone seemed impressed until I farted so loudly that it echoed in the hallway. I couldn't get my legs unstuck. FML

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By Hoover - 01/12/2018 03:00

Today, my parents brought me to the doctor because I was faking a headache. One thing led to another, and it turns out I have a tumor pressing against my spine. FML

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By Jenna Berreth - 01/08/2019 16:00

Today, being my usual clumsy self, I slipped on the stairs and landed on my tailbone. Hard. Now, I can't even sit up. I have to drive to school and sit on a very hard plastic chair for four and a half hours tomorrow. FML

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By fatass - 19/02/2009 07:36 - United States

Today, I had a great workout and was feeling really good about my body. Until I sat on my desk, and broke it. FML

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Fight yoga, try stress

By Dawn - 12/08/2021 08:01

Today, I went to a yoga class, thinking it would be good for my stiff calf from running. I pulled my back out doing the downward dog. Now can't get out of bed. FML

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DropDead77 11

Tuesday 8 March 2011 1:16

how ironic :P

jewels1877 0

Tuesday 8 March 2011 1:16

Well, at least you aren't a hunchback?

Comments

darkmis1 17

Tuesday 8 March 2011 16:45

Not all chiropractors are full of it. Mine told me to see a doctor and get X-rays on my back to make sure nothing was wrong. If your back is misaligned, OP, a few adjustments should fix it. Keep working on better posture though.

catalin 0

Tuesday 8 March 2011 17:47

I was just trying to be ironical. I am actually a masseur and it's quite surprising how many clients I get after visiting doctors with no results. Some medical procedures still have flaws and people can't seem to realise that all they need to do to feel better is have a healthier life. It's not quantam physics, it's just so simple.

krez 20

Tuesday 8 March 2011 22:42

darkmis1, so you paid someone to tell you to go to a real doctor? Read about what chiropractic is, the theory behind it, etc. You will be amazed that it is even legal.

darkmis1 17

Wednesday 9 March 2011 6:58

76: I had gone there for a few realignments before, which had helped, but the pain in my back wouldn't go away. He suggested I get an x-ray of it to make sure there was nothing he couldn't see. Luckily there wasn't, but I need to make my back muscles stronger. He could've kept taking my money, but he actually was decent enough to tell me to see my doctor. Not all chiropractors are bad.

Quasar55_fml 18

Tuesday 8 March 2011 19:07

Gee : / I have started to do that to recently ... guess now I will get back to my leaned posture ^^ and NO teacher can blame me about it !

HomeAl0ne 20

Tuesday 8 March 2011 20:33

Gee, what a surprise, a chiropractor identified that you have 'misaligned your spine'. Chiropractic is pseudo-scientific quackery. The only realignment of your spine they are going to achieve is by removing money from your wallet so it doesn't prop up your bum on that side so much.

Ori_oh 0

Thursday 10 March 2011 8:50

ouch. I guess I wont be doing that anymore.

CabbageTrees 13

Saturday 22 October 2011 0:42

Did you know that your posture is best when you're reclining, NOT when you are standing/sitting up straight. A laid back posture is probably the best way to sit in a chair! :)