…that if they ever use in even a slightly wrong way can end up leaving them with debilitating pain for the rest of their lives.

Really bad design flaw, wtf NATURE!

  • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    5 days ago

    i literally don’t even know how my back is supposed to be at this point, I feel like my beer belly is kinda tugging my spine forward but then if I consciously straighten up idk if it’s any better

    also like fuck I had perfect sleep for a while after my partner bought us a new mattress but within a year it already started to feel uncomfortable, rotating it doesn’t help much, and it’s like, fuck, are mattresses really thousands of fucking dollars but get all worn out in less than a year??

    there’s no way we can get another new mattress soon though

    and I made it worse by fucking up the mattress pad we had, I put it through the wash and woops the plastic parts of it got all fucked up, so now it easily bunches up under me ahhhhhh

    • cream_provider [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      I’m struggling with that now too. The beer belly spine thing is called anterior pelvic tilt and I’ve heard arguments on both side as to whether it’s better to deliberately correct it or not. Personally I like the way I look more when I correct it so that’s what I’ve been going with. I also get this satisfying pop in my lower back when I straighten out the tilt.

      • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        I was helping my back pain a lot with hamstring stretches but ive slacked off immensely because i hate stretching 😫 my back pain is also impacted by rowing a lot though.

        I think i have some kind of nodule over my sacroiliac joint because there’s this fatty feeling lump that’s basically the center of my lower back pain

        • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          True. I’ve had mine for about a year so I can’t speak for the long term. I got the cheapest one so it might not hold up as well as the $10k ones.

          feels better than any spring mattress I’ve ever slept on though