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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Might be 6’3 if he was stretched out on one of those Medieval torture racks.
Yeah, I was gonna say whatever is going on with his spine might be hiding a few inches. You’d be amazed how many inches you can lose to curvature without looking like Quasimodo.
But I doubt he was ever 6’3”. That sounds like a number he picked years ago because someone he hates is 6’2”.
What spine?
he always look like has a humpback though. him using lifts, and a girdle gives him a very awkward stance.
Much shorter when he visits the gallows.
i think if hes too heavy, he would break the gallows before he can get hung from it.
Zentron@lemm.ee 4 days ago
To quote an old post “there must have been a second or two where it felt amazing”
Zikeji@programming.dev 4 days ago
I undergo weekly spinal decompression therapy. While not exactly the same as the medieval torture devices, being strapped in and having my spine pulled from both directions with 200lbs of force is pretty close.
And yes, it feels amazing for a second or two.
crank0271@lemmy.world 4 days ago
May I ask what condition you’re treating with that therapy?
Zikeji@programming.dev 4 days ago
In my spine my L5-S1 and L4-L5 are herniated (as of 2017, haven’t checked if any more are). Full on herniated, not bulging. It started when I was 20, and my doctor said surgery should be avoided since it could impact my quality of life significantly at my age (not that my QoL wasn’t already severely impacted). Epidurals and physical therapy didn’t help.
Back then it wasn’t miserable 24/7 but it had it’s moments. Eventually I had an “episode” where I was bedridden in immense amounts of pain for a solid week. During that desperation I found the IDD option and started that. It was rough back then at the start. But within weeks the constant pain died down and I recovered mobility as well as my sciatica improved.
Through… Losing a job I discovered the effects wear off after 2ish months and I start being susceptible to the episodes and random function loss again, so now I just go weekly to keep things peachy. It isn’t full recovery obviously, I still wind up in pain if I do too much with my back, even stuff as little as bending over slightly to do the dishes (because I’m tall), but it beats being disabled in constant pain… Those few episodes I’ve had haunt me. Being so helpless I couldn’t even.
Mini@lemm.ee 4 days ago
The whole time feels amazing, if you’re a spectator