overtheedge
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Been getting a lot of spine pain recently, so much so that I'm finding it hard to stay asleep and it's making my CFS worse since I cant comfortably lie down which is something I need to do in order to keep my energy together. Is anyone else here who spends most of their days lying flat in bed getting spinal issues?
I haven't been particularly good to my spine, I usually sit up in bed propped up against pillows which have a lot of give to them whenever I'm on the computer and I sleep on memory foam which isn't too supportive, can't do anything about the memory foam as the back pain I had before switching to memory foam rivaled the spine pain I'm feeling now though I'm open to ideas for ways to modify things but I'm not sure if this is something that can be caused by slouching and being in bed all day or not.
As far as issues go it happens that when I stretch in a way that causes my spine to maneuver such as turning my torso to either side or arching my back I hear a bunch of small snaps from the areas that hurt and if I rotate around a bit I feel a sort of resistance of the spine to move around smoothly at times, it catches for an instant at a certain spot partway down my spine then once it darts past that spot it moves smoothly again, perhaps I'm making it sound worse than it is, it is something that is definitely noticeable when I'm moving my spine around to stretch but I'm not sure I'd notice it if I wasn't focused on my spine. It's been about a week and a half now that this latest spine pain has been round, usually it would have dissipated by now. I'm thinking about using ice packs on my spine but am not sure. I've had a lot of other weeks here and there where I've had similar spine pain though a lot of those times the pain was less constant but more severe when it did show up, causing lightning like pains that would shoot up my spine and make me correct my posture rapidly
I don't know if I should see a chiropractor or some other form of doctor about this, don't really know how diagnostic chiropractors are or if I should seek out a certain type of chiropractor or what.
I haven't been particularly good to my spine, I usually sit up in bed propped up against pillows which have a lot of give to them whenever I'm on the computer and I sleep on memory foam which isn't too supportive, can't do anything about the memory foam as the back pain I had before switching to memory foam rivaled the spine pain I'm feeling now though I'm open to ideas for ways to modify things but I'm not sure if this is something that can be caused by slouching and being in bed all day or not.
As far as issues go it happens that when I stretch in a way that causes my spine to maneuver such as turning my torso to either side or arching my back I hear a bunch of small snaps from the areas that hurt and if I rotate around a bit I feel a sort of resistance of the spine to move around smoothly at times, it catches for an instant at a certain spot partway down my spine then once it darts past that spot it moves smoothly again, perhaps I'm making it sound worse than it is, it is something that is definitely noticeable when I'm moving my spine around to stretch but I'm not sure I'd notice it if I wasn't focused on my spine. It's been about a week and a half now that this latest spine pain has been round, usually it would have dissipated by now. I'm thinking about using ice packs on my spine but am not sure. I've had a lot of other weeks here and there where I've had similar spine pain though a lot of those times the pain was less constant but more severe when it did show up, causing lightning like pains that would shoot up my spine and make me correct my posture rapidly
I don't know if I should see a chiropractor or some other form of doctor about this, don't really know how diagnostic chiropractors are or if I should seek out a certain type of chiropractor or what.