Does stretching make the pain worse?

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If you have pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, does stretching by putting folding your hands backwards and reaching high over your head change the pain at all ? Does any type of position or stretching make the pain better or worse?

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    Leaning forward (hunched over) kinda fetal position but you're sitting up, helped me in the past. I tend to use heat packs on my abdomen and back, those help me a ton! I also take Tylenol to help with inflammation, sometimes it helps more than pain meds.

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    +1 on the hunched over position.

    I found that anything that works my core muscles aggravates the nerves. But, if it doesn't hurt, go for it!

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