Finally Found Out the Reason I Have Back Pain

I have been having back pain for years. My original theory was that all of my anxiety was taking a physical form in my upper back. I would treat myself to a massage about once a year. Two weeks ago, I woke up with my legs going one way and my body another, causing lower back pain that would ordinarily go away after a couple of hours but lasted for four days. Finally, my dad suggested getting a massage, and it helped. It wasn't enough, so I went back for a second session six days later. These were my first two sessions with this masseuse, so she would ask questions about where my pain was. During the second session, we were gonna focus on just my back, and she figured out that most of my back pain was coming from my right shoulder, the shoulder and arm I sleep on.

So, my years of back pain was not a psychosomatic response to my anxiety. I was sleeping wrong. Go figure.

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