Massage most of all FR... and YOGA/stretching everyday
(you can even do yoga on youtube and search for back related stretches)
- physical therapy
(when I was in like 8th grade I had weird like extremely painful sharp shooting pains in my tailbone, maybe because of my slight scoliosis? Or extra vertebrae? I canât remember- the exercises they gave me and things they did helped cure it eventually)
- heating pad
- foam roller
- getting knots out with lacrosse ball
- tiger balm
- baths with epsom salt
- I donât do this but a massage therapist recommended sleeping with a pillow between your legs if you sleep on your side
- trying to maintain good posture/alignment, I used to be a dancer so ballet/modern dance helps with alignment
- chiropractor (not one that just cracks tf out of you so this requires research, but also just helps if you have some alignment issues but idk chiropracty is also not real science? - but it also has helped.)
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I fucked my back real bad at the start of the year and massage+physio is the only thing that helped significantly. In the moment painkillers+muscle relaxants. Massaging my back and butt with a tennis ball helped along with core, butt and hip strengthening. Don't let it get worse!
Feb 21, 2024
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I have a bunch of back problems and had a crisis where I couldnât do anything but lay on the ground for 3-4 weeks without intense pain down to my toes on the left side. So if you have lower back pain-sciatica or related do the following every day:
Pelvic tilt exercise
Quadruped arm-leg raise
Side plank (easiest possible variation)
Leg lift (one at a time easiest variation)
And most important make sure whenever youâre sitting or standing you are engaging your core muscles (pretend someone is going to punch you in the stomach)
And walk a lot all the time
Basically you need to make sure your abs and back muscles are holding your body up and not your spine, and being in motion helps adjust the weight around instead of always settling on the same place and destroying your discs
PS: donât stretch if you are actively in pain. youâll probably stretch the wrong thing in the wrong direction. You want to avoid aggravating inflamed nerves so first thing you want to do is just stop the pain by not fucking with it. Then work on your strength.
Final note: this is for a specific back problem. If you have a different one the basic concept should work but the exercises might be different. But you should probably do all of the above anyway cause itâs good for you.
Feb 21, 2025
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strengthen ur core (planks + level up w forearms on a medicine ball)
Cobra pose (lie on ur stomach and push ur body up legs on floor behind you
Whenever u have to sit for long periods of time make sure you stand up and stretch at leaaaast once every hour
Strengthen ur neck I know that sounds insane
I looove the videos by âman flow yogaâ on YouTube and the vibes r amazing obviously
Feb 21, 2024
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women who run with wolves, women who run with rats.
the true ultimate bonding activity for you and the girls. because youâll never forget how they sheltered you when you were low.
one of the most liberating rituals I perform in New York is popping a squat in between parked cars or a dark corner and letting it all goâŠ. wild wild women we are deemed to be.
they may look down upon us because perhaps it isnât âpoliteâ. But when youâre bursting at the seams, why must we settle for discomfort? Whatâs a girl to do? We are not graced with simplicity to turn to the wallâ subtly concealed without judgement. Our anatomy binds us to the confines of bearing it all in a squat. With added complexity given the outfit of choice. And always the obstacle of not splattering our cute shoes. but id only be telling you a falsehood if I said peeing outdoors isnât so enjoyable whether it be in the middle of a forest or the city street. Even when all odds may be stacked against you.
Only God can judge me. But God is a woman anyway.
Feb 13, 2024
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Itâs okay. itâs not for validation, itâs for performance art. Linda Montano said living life itself is her lifelong performance because she declared that it was. Trisha Paytas has carried on that performance practice. So Iâm hot on instagram when the spirit compels me to be. But in like a durationally artistic way and for my future lifelong archive, to show my granddaughters that I was also young and fertile once and my boobs were decently sized and semi perky. They should know. That I was that girl once before I was grey and a bit wrinkled and more bitter than I am currently; for traditional reasons.
Mar 14, 2024
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Iâm post-grad, unemployed, no direction, sick with a stomach flu or something, went on 3 back to back trips so like I spent a lot of money, clearly have lots of time to write and recommend and ponder and not be ridden with confusion and anxiety these days.
So yes, of course here I am. Back at last to Perfectly Imperfect. Youâve caught me red-handed. Crawling back as Iâm glued to my couch currently on a nocturnal sleep schedule due to perhaps a combination of my illness and my body remaining in a time zone opposite to the one I must adjust back to.
Hope someone out there missed me. The bitch is back.
Jul 28, 2024