IS A HUMP OF FAT ON YOUR NECK NORMAL?

sej1990
sej1990 Posts: 96 Member
edited October 1 in Introduce Yourself
Ive noticed yesterday that i have a hump at the base of my neck and if feels like fact but i have had bad posture for years is there anyway to get rid of it? i swear its one thing after another with my body :^(

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  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    What? A lump or a hump?
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Do you have large breasts? I only ask because I had a huge lump at the base of my neck and was told it was due to the size of my breasts. Had a breast reduction and within a year - it was completely gone.

    (Sorry if this doesn't help...)
  • Jelleebean
    Jelleebean Posts: 212
    a good friend of mine has this issue.. and it seems to only really be noticable when she's heavy... it's the joy of genetics in her case.. her grandmother had one... and for as long as i knew her, she was never a small woman.
    patience and persistance... and reaching your goal, should make it go away....
    hang in there hun...
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Sweetie. . you have posted a number of things this evening. . You are a beautiful girl. . . now if you want to tone up. . like I said I would go with crosstraining. . some weight lifting and cardio.
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.
    lol....
  • xraychick77
    xraychick77 Posts: 1,775 Member
    a hump of fat could be a symptom of cushings disease
  • sej1990
    sej1990 Posts: 96 Member
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.

    lol this made me laugh
  • sej1990
    sej1990 Posts: 96 Member
    Yes i have big breasts and always had and my sister is on the skinnier side and has it to apparently so idk it might be genetics but i also have bad posture.
  • sej1990
    sej1990 Posts: 96 Member
    Sweetie. . you have posted a number of things this evening. . You are a beautiful girl. . . now if you want to tone up. . like I said I would go with crosstraining. . some weight lifting and cardio.

    Yes i did post alot because i am new and i like having knowledge
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.

    HAHA! that's funny
  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    [/quote]

    "Yes i did post alot because i am new and i like having knowledge"
    [/quote]

    Since you are new, be sure to read the Newbie information - you will get many answers from reading this, plus try using the search function as many topics are stored for viewing.

    As far as the hump on your neck - as you lose weight and tone up, it should grow smaller like all the other body parts.
  • sej1990
    sej1990 Posts: 96 Member

    "Yes i did post alot because i am new and i like having knowledge"
    [/quote]

    Since you are new, be sure to read the Newbie information - you will get many answers from reading this, plus try using the search function as many topics are stored for viewing.

    As far as the hump on your neck - as you lose weight and tone up, it should grow smaller like all the other body parts.
    [/quote]

    Where is the newbie information at? does it show you how to find certain foods u eat in a day to put in the food diary to?
  • txmike64
    txmike64 Posts: 57 Member
    Hump of fat on neck...I had one a few years ago at the base of my neck, over the spine. It started as a small lump, and I would feel tightness. I would get someone to rub it down, then it mysteriously goes away for a couple of weeks. But over the years, it seemed to get larger and larger and hurt more and more.

    I could feel it, it was not really soft, but not rock hard either. It was movable, and I could get it to shrink somewhat by having it rubbed and pressed on.

    I had an MRI done, and I was told it was a fatty lipoma. It was something like 8 cm x 5 cm, rather large, requiring regular surgery, but also very benign. I had it removed a month and a half later when I could get the surgery scheduled. Was the first one out of the day surgery, it was that quick, even under general anestetic. And back in the car being taken home by 11:30 AM. I didn't even use any of the Vicodin, because 24 hours later it didn't hurt at all.

    I was told if I'd waited much longer, it could have grown tentacles following along bones and muscles and started wrapping around by the lungs and spine and heart. It would have been a lot worse in that case. When I had it cut out I had a very pronounced hunchback shape at the base of my neck from the sheer size of this thing. In all I think it took 8-10 years to get to that size, from I remembering I had pains back there a long long time ago.
  • ElizabethObviously
    ElizabethObviously Posts: 380 Member
    You mentioned being bigger in the chest area. Do you tend to slouch forward a bit? Maybe it could be bad posture mixed with other things too?
  • myheartinsf1
    myheartinsf1 Posts: 70
    Would show it to your doctor when u see them next time. I don't have one but know someone who does. There has been diagnosed as dowengers *sp hump...
    Good luck
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    I have a bit of a hump right at the base of my neck. I am uncomfortable wearing spaghetti straps with my hair up because of it. For me I know it's just fat. It didn't used to be there before I got preg. and gained a bunch of weight. Not sure what the point of storing fat there is but I guess I'm just lucky:laugh:
  • braless67
    braless67 Posts: 8
    funny :)
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.
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  • vampee
    vampee Posts: 103 Member
    a hump of fat could be a symptom of cushings disease

    *this*
    Go get it checked out by your doctor. It could be nothing more than weight and posture. It could be more but only a doctor can diagnose. However, cushings disease was the first thing to pop in my head as well.
  • braless67
    braless67 Posts: 8
    Sweetie. . you have posted a number of things this evening. . You are a beautiful girl. . . now if you want to tone up. . like I said I would go with crosstraining. . some weight lifting and cardio.
    [/quote


    kind of a mean girl way to answer....sweetie.
  • Valtishia
    Valtishia Posts: 811 Member
    Are you referring to the back of your neck?? When I was bigger, I had a spot that would almost swell it seemed. It would go numb and tingle. It seemed the only thing at that time that helped was to rub it out agressively until the feeling came back. I noticed that it doesn't swell or go numb anymore since a large amout of weight came off. I never did get it checked by the doctor so I can only assume it was my weight that caused it since that is all that has changed. Are there any other complications that come with this bump?
  • brocantrs
    brocantrs Posts: 273 Member
    No.
  • frostiegurl
    frostiegurl Posts: 708 Member
    Honestly, I had a lovely hump of fat on the back of my neck when I was fat. It was gross and huge and I felt like the hunchback of Notre Dame. Guess what? That lump of fat was practically the first thing to disappear when I started losing weight. Now, at 104 lbs lighter, it completely disappeared and I can actually feel the vertabrae along the back of my neck and down my back. It's a beautiful feeling, indeed.
  • Louieanne
    Louieanne Posts: 26 Member
    I have the same thing and I am a bigger chested girl my doc said it's a combination of fat and added stress on this area of my neck and back. She suggested that I wear a good support bra that fit well ( which helped greatly) and to lose weight. I have noticed that it's worse if I've been on my feet a lot or went without a bra for an extended period of time. Hope this helps and I understand cuz I'm ver self conscious of it too!
  • Ghostmoth
    Ghostmoth Posts: 1
    I have the same thing -- large chest and all. The only thing that really helps is to do posture exercises or strengthen my upper back. If you put a foam roller under your back in line with your chest and roll back and forth, it helps a lot. Stretching the chest muscles by resting both arms in a T shape in a doorway and letting your body hang forward also works. Yoga gets rid of it almost completely, I think because of the stretching and upper back strengthening.
  • ohsheepsu
    ohsheepsu Posts: 2 Member
    it's from poor posture. the fat actually develops to protect your spine as it weakens from leaning forward too much, like we tend to do a lot with reading and sitting at a computer. if you are large chested like you say, then it could be from that as well as you probably tend to lean over more anyway. there are posture correcting exercises that will help straighten your back and get rid of the bump.
  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    I have this from poor posture and genetics too, but as someone else said, it's already smaller with a bit of weight loss.
  • eaglefish
    eaglefish Posts: 130 Member
    I have an ugly lump on my neck too. It's my head.

    Thanks for the LOL so early in the morning
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