A doctor says that a man cracking his neck has caused a stroke

GUTHRIE, Okla. –

A man suffered a stroke by blowing up his neck, said his doctor.

KOCO announced that Josh Hader, 28, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, had twisted his neck while he was trying to crush or break it.

"As soon as I heard pop, everything on the left is numb," Hader told KOCO. "I got up and tried to grab an ice pack in the fridge and I remember that I could not walk straight."

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Hader was rushed to the emergency room by his father-in-law. His doctor, Dr. Vance McCollom, of the Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, said he could have died. It turns out that Hader crushed his vertebral artery, a major artery of the neck that travels to the brain.

"If you have a stroke in this area, you may end up with a patient who is stuck," McCollom said. "They understand exactly what's going on, but they can not communicate. They can not move anything. They can not speak. They can not breathe. "

McCollom said that Hader continued to have problems due to his stroke. Several days after this happened, he had to wear a blindfold because of a blurred vision.

"One of the muscles that go to his eye is weak because the nerve has been injured," McCollom said.

Hader followed physical therapy in addition to taking medication after stroke.

"The first days, I could not walk without a walker," said Hader, adding that even if he walks now without him, it's difficult.

"It's hard to walk with my left leg," he said.

The blow also affected his paternal duties. He has two children and can not come to pick them up in the cradle or on the ground.

For others who tend to crack or break their necks, McCollom says there is a good way to do it.

"If you want to burst your neck, do it rather from one side to the other," McCollom said. "Do not twist it. Every time you twist it, you risk tearing this ship. "

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