Head on Backwards

Filed Under humor, lil things, small happinesses

Today I went to the chiropractor. Last week I sat up in bed and suddenly got … stuck. This has been happening about twice a year ever since I almost broke my neck trying to clear a clogged gutter while standing on a folding chair. Don’t do that (esp. when the chair isn’t completely unfolded). But this week the pain’s been more severe than usual … and lingering.

Finally I made an appointment with my dad’s chiropractor, and he took x-rays of my upper back and neck. I didn’t even know chiropractors did that! (Sometimes I forget they are actual doctors; must’ve learned about them at the same time as acupuncturists because I always associate the two.) Anyway, enough tangents! The point is:

My neck is inside out. Or, if you prefer, my head is on backwards.

I am not lying! (Exaggerating, maybe, but only a little.) I saw the x-rays! One’s neck is supposed to bend forward, but mine is inverted! How the hell did that happen? My first impulse was to blame it on the LH, but couldn’t figure out how to pin it on him (yet). But my neck being inside out certainly explains my very stiff shoulders, and also why it hurts to turn my head very far to the left or right. The doc displayed more high tech gadgetry when he sat me down in a chair hooked up to a machine called the ProAdjuster. No bone-cracking twister-ifics today - he simply put some device that looked like a price scanner on my neck which made a POP POP POP noise. But it felt like it wasn’t doing anything (just being a chunk of plastic). He did that on my neck, my shoulders, and down my spine. Thirty seconds later it was all done. Supposedly this will get my head on straight.

It’s magic!

Maybe I need to get out more; this was way, way too exciting an experience for someone in her (very) early 30s.

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2 Responses to “Head on Backwards”

Dhiro on September 22nd, 2007 8:58 pm

I know the feeling. My neck is not curved. It’s almost slightly curved the wrong direction. So I have TMJ discomfort and put all my tension in my neck & shoulders.

BTW, when I read the title for your post I read it as a command like “Head on over” or “Head on up” so the body of the post had a twist. (That pun was not intended, but I saw it coming as I typed.)
hafidha sofia on September 23rd, 2007 7:48 pm

Dhiro - LOL, It wasn’t intentional that the title read that way, so it pleases me that you got a kick out of it! By the way, the ProAdjuster thing seems to be working. I’m not sure if it could help you, but I’ve already gained increased mobility, and have virtually no pain - and far less stiffness. That was only the first session!