Woman Suffers Stroke After Cracking Her Neck to Relieve Tension

We’ve all done it—tilted the head, heard that satisfying crack, and felt like a temporary chiropractor god. But poor KayLynne Felthager took “popping your neck” to catastrophic new heights when her casual stretch turned into an artery-tearing disaster, a blinding flash, numb limbs, and gibberish speech that screamed “stroke incoming!” Five days of ignoring neck pain later, she learned the hard way that your cervical spine isn’t a stress ball, and sometimes that innocent crack is your body’s way of saying, “Hey, maybe don’t do that.”