How do you sit through an airplane flight without excruciating pain?

Brkdncr@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 103 points –

After a 5 hour flight every joint in my body hurts. Most people dont seem to have this issue. What’s wrong with me?

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So ... Do PCP before a flight? I've never done any illegal drugs, maybe that's why my joints always hurt.

I think he means Personal Chair Person, y'know, to get sitting recommendations

OP what the fuck is a PCP?

Primary Care Physician

A fucking doctor then? Some folk watch waaaaaay too much TV

I think it's American for GP but I might be wrong

Not something ive ever heard an American say.

GP, physician, doctor. Never "PCP".

I'm an American and work in healthcare. "PCP" is a common way to abbreviate "primary care physician". Generally, it is not said out loud that way, but it is often abbreviated in forms and documentation.

And yes, I giggle when I see it because I'm immature!

PCP is an incredibly common term in the US.

Maybe it's regional or something.

I've at least seen/read phrases "Primary Care" and "Primary Care Physician", but I've never once heard of anyone using the acronym "PCP" for it. Not until this ccomment thread.

Asked a couple other people just now, they'd never heard it used either.

A dentist is a doctor but they aren't going to be too helpful lmao

Any adult American with health insurance should know what a PCP means in this context. This is not obscure or weird verbiage lol.

A masseuse is a personal care provider, and probably useful in this situation.

It's a fucking stupid and unnecessary initialism, let's be honest

Primary Care Physician (or Provider) is, indeed, what I think the original comment intended; however, no matter how many times I've been to the ER (or A&E if you're from a more civilized country), that's not how my brain initially interprets it.