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    Default Pain from maintaining locs

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if it's normal to have pain when maintaining your locs. I did a search on this and didn't come up with anything. I've had my locs for 6 years and always interlocked them myself. It was never really painless but nothing I couldn't deal with. A few months ago I began to develop chronic upper back pain. Trying to hold my arms up for six-plus hours really aggravated it. I got other people to do the last two maintenance sessions, but I very much prefer to do it myself. It's so expensive and uncomfortable. My back was getting better with treatment so I decided to try just doing one at a time this month. I still got pain pretty much as soon as I raised my arms.

    So my question is if anyone else has dealt with this and if there's a good posture to use when doing your own hair or some kind of secret to not getting hurt. I get emotional every time I think about cutting my locs after so long but sometimes I feel like that's going to be my only choice.

    Thank you for any comments or advice!

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    Default Re: Pain from maintaining locs

    It sounds like you are having general back problems that are being exacerbated by raising your arms. Of course, you need to see a doctor about this.

    As for your locks, if you really want to keep them, I would suggest you go to a loctician. Comparison shop for a good price and try to stretch out the time in between maintenance sessions. I go a full 8 wks between maintenance sessions and each session is less than 2 hours.

    Good luck!!
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    Default Re: Pain from maintaining locs

    No pain every...been latching 10 yrs.....I hope you're ok!? It sounds like some type cranial nerve damage .

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    Default Re: Pain from maintaining locs

    I'll be okay, thanks! It's just weak back muscles and bad ergonomics that have added up, but I've been getting treatment for a while. I always assumed a small amount of pain when raising my arms for extended amounts of time was normal. Guess I should have taken it as a sign instead.

    At this point I'm just hoping to find someone who can do the maintenance in a reasonable amount of time. The last two have taken 7-8 hours.. granted I have very thick hair and small locs.

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    Default Re: Pain from maintaining locs

    Great,glad it worked out for ya.

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    Default Re: Pain from maintaining locs

    Quote Originally Posted by looknow View Post
    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if it's normal to have pain when maintaining your locs. I did a search on this and didn't come up with anything. I've had my locs for 6 years and always interlocked them myself. It was never really painless but nothing I couldn't deal with. A few months ago I began to develop chronic upper back pain. Trying to hold my arms up for six-plus hours really aggravated it. I got other people to do the last two maintenance sessions, but I very much prefer to do it myself. It's so expensive and uncomfortable. My back was getting better with treatment so I decided to try just doing one at a time this month. I still got pain pretty much as soon as I raised my arms.

    So my question is if anyone else has dealt with this and if there's a good posture to use when doing your own hair or some kind of secret to not getting hurt. I get emotional every time I think about cutting my locs after so long but sometimes I feel like that's going to be my only choice.

    Thank you for any comments or advice!
    well don't do them so tight... how many locs do you have? combine some... I like the other ones... palm rolling- yo u don't have to do them so often- but sometimes when I do I have more than 125 locs...
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