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That’s how I got them. I woke up feeling like it one day both times I had them. I think the second time it progressively got worse after a few days. I remember turning my head when backing out while driving and it hard to move my neck.I picked a nerve (I’m assuming) in my back after sleeping wrong once.
I could barely get out of bed or walk the first day. 2 or 3 days later it was like it never happened.
It was the moment I learned what “back pain” was for people with real back issues.
The first time I think it was really intense from day one. I woke up and it hurt badly.
I still mild ones from time to time, though they may not really be pinched nerves, but just a cramp. I think sometimes once or even twice a year I’ll have those instances and start getting freaked out about the two times I had them for 5-7 weeks, but they’ll feel better after just a couple of days and the pain also isn’t as intense as those two times that were long term.
I’m still not sure if those are even pinched nerves, but the two long term ones I had in 2014-2015 definitely were.
I think I may have gotten them from exercising/walking too much. I think I was walking 8 or 10 miles a day and had lost about 70 pounds in 6 months, which eventually turned into about 100 pounds in a year.
I think that was causing me to pinch them, but I’m not completely sure.