Anonymous #2 5w

wait how does the windmill thing work?

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Anonymous gods_favorite_heckler 5w

Like this

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Anonymous #2 5w

more like why does it help with the soreness?

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Anonymous gods_favorite_heckler 5w

So I looked into it and some doctors think it doesn’t do anything 😭 but some think it spreads the vaccine around so that your immune system doesn’t send the inflammatory response to your arm only, instead sending it to a larger area

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Anonymous #2 5w

ahhh gotcha, thanks :)

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Anonymous #2 5w

The same article also says experts recommended getting it in your dominant arm for this reason, but I’ve never heard that tbh. After my first dose in my non-dominant arm I realized that was a bad idea because it turns out that’s the side I sleep on 💀

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Anonymous #2 5w

that is deeply unfortunate but now there’s a tentative (yet contested) solution

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Anonymous #2 5w

It’s actually not that bad. Compared to my other shoulder which is still recovering from a dislocation, it’s barely even noticeable, lol

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Anonymous OP 5w

dislocation is so rough, mine used to just pop in and out 😭 make sure u rotate tylenol and ibuprofen and not just take one thing for the pain bc that’s how you speed run stomach ulcers (from experience)

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Anonymous gods_favorite_heckler 5w

It probably helps a little just to get the blood flowing. You’d probably be better off doing some shoulder exercises with resistance band though.

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Anonymous gods_favorite_heckler 5w

I took a bit of Motrin for a couple of days back when I first dislocated it, but aside from that I kinda just powered through it. It’s almost better now, after months, but I’m still building back my range of motion 😮‍💨

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