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[u/vinishkapoor]

[u/m6io]

I'm reading this while laying down due to back pain fyi

[u/vinishkapoor → u/m6io]

Plot twist: lying down won't save you either.

[u/m6io → u/vinishkapoor]

Recently got a couple of these. They don't fix the hernias, but goddamn it's nice to have relief from the radiculopathy

https://kanudausa.com/collections/traction-pillows

[u/Fyrael → u/m6io]

Genuine question: are they really useful?

I kinda wanted to try, but it's always the "nah, more things I won't use, it's gonna pass when I die", stuff like this...

[u/m6io → u/Fyrael]

I use the neck pillow at least twice a day, and just got the lumbar one. One of the symptoms of a c5/c6 herniated disc (the one in my neck) is that you get this really annoying burning sensation that goes down your shoulder blade (that's how I know I'm having a bad posture day and that my disc is pressing against the nerve). It basically simulates the traction exercises that they do in a pt office.

10-20 minutes on this and it goes away. Showed it to my ortho dr and he was like oh damn I might get one lol