# Is it possible to pull your Adam's apple?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-pull-your-adams-apple/593475>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-pull-your-adams-apple/593475 "2011-08-20T23:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-pull-your-adams-apple/593475/1 "2011-08-20T23:07:11Z")

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Yesterday I noticed that my Adam’s apple is sore and it hurts when I touch it. This has never happened to me in my life. Some of the other muscles around the throat also feel sore. The _inside_ of the throat does _not_ feel sore; there is no pain when I swallow. It’s all in the muscles.

A few days ago I was moving some very heavy stuff and I was straining quite a bit. Additionally, the day after that, I had terrible allergies and was sneezing a lot, blowing my nose very forcefully, etc. And I feel that may have also contributed to the muscle pain.

Have I “pulled” the muscles in my throat? What can I do to make them heal faster?