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Neck cracking caused 28-year-old man to suffer a stroke, doctor says
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| Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:57AM
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Posted on 05/02/2019 1:07:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Weird. I used to do this...................
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
I used to do that a bunch. Don’t anymore 1) they began warning about injuries and such a while back, plus 2) I can’t make ‘em crack anyway, even when it feels like I need it.
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:11:41 PM PDT
by
Migraine
To: Red Badger
This is horrible, and I pray he recovers function, but it is NOT uncommon. In fact, carotid dissection is the most common cause of stroke in young people. It has also been reported in women who were having their hair washed (leaning back in the sink) at a hairdresser, and in people having cervical manipulation by a chiropractor.
To: Red Badger
I hope this is covered in Chiropractor school.
To: Red Badger
A friend in med school used to crack other students necks by moving back and forth and then crack. When he asked me if I wanted a neck crack I said NO!
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:13:33 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: 1Old Pro
Chiropractors, bone crackers, do this every day!..............
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:14:22 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Migraine
I stopped it years ago when I read that a man died doing it!...................
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:15:26 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Migraine
I stopped it years ago when I read that a man died doing it!...................
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:15:28 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: 1Old Pro
Same thing happened with me years ago. A friend of a friend at a Friday night get-together. Med student cracking necks while laying on the floor. A quick twist a multiple cracks. Who knows if she knew what she was doing. I’ve thought about that many times since. I wouldn’t touch that scene with a 10 foot pole now.
To: Red Badger
Sad.
I had a stroke when I was 31.
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:19:40 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:25:53 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Red Badger
Whats twisting vs side to side? I have a lot of muscle tightness throughout my neck muscles. I try to stretch regularly and hope to work through it through exercise. Want to make sure i avoid anything like this. Yikes.
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:29:07 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
(The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
To: Red Badger
How do you even do this? Not that I want to try, just want to understand it. I can’t even picture it.
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:36:20 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
To: samtheman
Usually rapid twisting of the neck, sometimes using the jaw as a lever.....
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:38:29 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/02/2019 1:40:15 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
To: Red Badger
Don't twist it. Whenever you twist it there's a risk of breaking that vessel...well, that's the way
Steven Seagal and all the other guys in the movies - good and bad - dispose of their adversaries......
To: Red Badger
Bear in mind that the same injury happened to my brother in law when he stretched back to catch a fly ball over his head while playing men's league baseball. Stretch, lift head, POP, stroke. He recovered but because of the risk never played baseball again.
Some people have a weakness in that vessel, he was one of them and this fellow was probably another.
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posted on
05/02/2019 2:18:15 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: Red Badger
Urge to do it just cause it is mentioned
resist the urge.
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posted on
05/02/2019 2:36:50 PM PDT
by
RainMan
(rainman)
To: Prince Caspian
We go to an upper cervical guy every so often and he is good.
I know the doctor that trained him and that guy was super picky about who he wanted.
It’s done wonders for me, way beyond regular chiro.
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posted on
05/02/2019 2:41:58 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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