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[–] [email protected] 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

My wife's RAV4 is like this. Long drives are torture after a few hours. My neck, shoulders, and back end up in knots.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Take them all the way out, and flirt it around.

Or see if it moves

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Car driver problems lmao. Just ride a dragon to work instead.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Many people dont realize you can pull them forward and they then pop back. Yours may have been pulled partially forward.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

My car is great, modern, amazing battery life, affordable... It has a headrest like in the OP she it is fixed. Like fused with the seat.

The best bet is I'm quite tall, so it pokes me in the shoulder blades.

It sucks but, other that that, it was an amazing deal when I bought it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sure you're aware, but that's pretty dangerous. You will most likely have pretty bad a neck injury if you get into a wreck. It might be worth upgrading the seat to one that fits you better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

He'll likely have a pretty bad neck injury without the accident. Keeping your body in an unnatural alignment like that for long periods of time is just begging for spinal injury.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Procrustes nodding

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (9 children)

Everyone should take this moment to consider correct posture.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was to change the angle of my rear-view mirror to remind myself to sit straight.

In essence, try to force the lowest part of your neck to touch the heighest point on the headrest.

Then notice how you cannot see out of your rear view mirror. Adjust it from this position, and get used to it.

It's gonna be weird for a while, but I assure you, this is what is best for your spine. I'll take your gratitude in advance, for when you're 80 and not folded over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Hey I started doing that! Kinda helps

[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Lowest part of neck to higheat part of the headrest? Sounds like the before times when peoples necks snapped in acidents because nothing stopped their head shooting backward

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, the headrests in cars are angled forward because it's the safest in the event of a crash. Unfortunately, that means that the headrests are generally uncomfortable. The back of the head should be resting on the headrest; the neck should NOT be resting on the headrest unless you want to risk permanent injury or death.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If you have an accident, whiplash is partially countered by a seatbelt, but if you do have an accident, the severity of your neck damage will be dependant on your resting posture.

With a correct posture, there is less deviation in how your spine bends.

In any case, headrests are adjustable, make sure it's set correctly. Unless your posture is perfect, changing your ergonomics will be uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Whiplash is from your head moving more than your neck can compensate for. The headrests are designed to prevent excessive backwards movement of your head to help your neck not get completely over-extended. Heads are actually quite heavy and there are a lot of very important things inside the neck that you don't want getting fucked up be getting jerked around too much. The muscles in your neck can only do so much in a high-velocity situation like a crash.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Best advice I ever received posture wise was to pretend my nipples were Lazer guns and try to shoot people in the face. I like to say pewpew in my head

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

My nips are so pointy they practically shoot people in the face anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (9 children)

Does anyone else have the opposite problem? I feel like head rests are* always too far back. If I place my head flat against them then more often than not I'm in an uncomfortable driving position because my neck is tilted back and up. I have to lean forward to drive most cars and it really annoys me.

Edit: I'm starting to think that a lot of you drive with the seat in an upright position. I sit at a slight recline because it's easier on my back. Maybe that's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 17 hours ago

No. That's crazy talk.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

Also office chairs with headrests, for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

It’s designed to be slightly uncomfortable to keep people from falling asleep at the wheel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

That’s what I believe it to be. I adjusted it to lean back and it was too comfortable to drive.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Now explain the passenger seat

[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It's a seat for a person to sit next to the driver, but that's not important right now.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

I will never not upvote Airplane references.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

My mom used to have a car like this. I would remove the head rest every time I had to ride in it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

That is extremely dangerous and stupid.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They have a function.. to prevent whiplash. They need to be at the proper height though.. and definately not too low.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, and your head should rest up on it, hence the name and all that. It is there for that rear-ended collision. If you are leaned way forward, now it's just something for you to hit, but if you are headresting, it'll absorb some of the impact and prevent (or reduce) that cervical spine injury. Anytime I'm at a stop, especially in traffic, I try to remind myself to put my head back, just in case. It'll be the time I forget that I get rear-ended though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

I always lower the back of the seat as much as possible and raise the front as much as possible so I'm planted in the seat. I can pick up both get without sliding out of the seat. Then I recline a little bit so I can rest my head comfortably. I have seen those more modern headrests that seem to stick way out from the seat. Not sure who those are for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Same thing on planes.

"They need something to rest their head on!" --> adds something that nobody asked for and nobody needs --> "I'm helping you :) "

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Exactly! They are the absolute worst on long flights. I can manage the limited leg room. But why the fuck does my head need to be pushed 2 inches ahead of my back and shoulders? And why can't those flaps on the side of the head rest be more substantial so you can rest your head to either side at least? My strategy has been to lift the headrest as high as it will go, and usually I am short enough for it to clear my head so I can have some semblance of comfort.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I hate those long distance busses. If you sit up straight, the headrest is in your back. If you slouch down to get your head at the headrest so you can get some rest, the question becomes where to put your legs without pain and discomfort.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Its even worse when you're taller than the designer expected and sitting up straight leaning back just means tilting my head backwards over the headrest.

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