INJURY!
I’ve never done this before so it’s totally new territory for me.
My neck hurts. A lot.
Last Wednesday I went to get a massage where I complained the left side of my neck was kind of stiff. Worked on it, and it felt pretty decent.
Problem started Thursday morning when I did some combination of a stretch and a yawn to wake up. Stiff neck came back… and moreso. Owwie. Was kind of sore all day at work, couldn’t hold the phone to my shoulder like I normally do (which was probably what caused the bulk of the neck soreness to begin with) and finally broke down & bought some of those microwavable bean-bag heat pads. (Got two of them, a skinny round-ish one for around the neck, and a square-ish one for more flat areas.)
I never tried it before, and it was kind of exciting to microwave a bean bag (I’m easily amused it seems) and worked quite well. I used both alternating, the skinny one around my neck or the square one kind of on the shoulder while laying down.
Neck/shoulder rubs can help but I’m just not comfortable doing that with people who didn’t actually train in it. I often can’t believe people trust me with their necks, shoulders & backs considering I’ve really not got much of a clue of what I’m doing.
The sore-ness made me skip out on Thursday night’s unicycle club practice too. I need to go back, I miss those guys.
Anyways, it’s almost been a week, it’s mostly back to normal.
So for now I’ll leave it I guess.
Going to schedule another massage for next week anyways. Two maybe.
