I once sneezed and threw my back out.  Go ahead, reread that sentence again.  It wasn’t an abnormally big sneeze.   I don’t think I was in an awkward position when it happened.  If I remember right, it was just a typical run-of-the-mill sneeze and it caused instantaneous pain.  For at least a week, I walked like Frankenstein and with the amount of agony I felt, I probably grunted like him too.  It hurt to move and turning my neck was out of the question.

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