Comment on Is laying on your stomach every once in a while good for you?
orangeyouglad@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
Laying on your stomach is good if it reduces your back pain, but variety is the spice of positioning. Lying on your stomach extends your back and for some people with the right type of bulging disks it will bring pain relief. Possibly more so with pushing up on your elbows or for the maximum stretch pushing up on your hands while holding your hips down and arching your back. Just don’t overdo it.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
If I’m laying for more than an hour I’ll usually spend some time on my sides when my shoulders and elbows get sore. I would know if I had bulging disks right?
orangeyouglad@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
Not necessarily. Spinal disks can bulge to different degrees. It can be a temporary thing, like you’ve been bent over a computer all day, or a major thing like you fell 8 feet on to concrete. The later would probably result in a herniated disk which would likely lead to severe pain. The former can be fixed with light stretching.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Ooook, ya I definitely have some shrimpy posture throughout the day which is what originally led me to try to shrimp the other way to balance things out