A few days ago I developed a real pain in the neck.
Well, maybe it is really more a pain in the shoulder.
And I don’t do well with pain.
As I type, pain shoots down my arm to my hand because of this knot in my right shoulder.
It is all because I wanted to start doing some weight training with our dumbbells on Thursday. I only used five pound weights, and just went through about 10 reps on each type of exercise, just to refresh my memories on how they were each done.
Well, this seemed to aggravate the muscles in my neck and shoulder area, causing them to cinch into a knot and hurt really bad.
Right now I put a Icy Hot patch on the area, and have a heating pad covering it to give me some relief.
I can’t get comfortable in bed, because I like to sleep on my stomach, and I can’t find a comfortable spot lying in bed that way….so I need to sleep on my back, which isn’t quite as comfy. ARGH!!!
That is what I get for not being disciplined the past couple of years with working out with any regularity…so now my neck and shoulders are so messed up, that I try and give them a little exercise and they rebel against me.
So, PKR has had some similar problems, and he said I just need to ease back into it, and not work those muscles too much at first.
I asked him how long it is going to last.
He said he wasn’t sure.
I’m leaving Saturday on a jet plane for Washington D.C., and I really don’t want to deal with this knot while traveling. Sleeping on the plane and in different beds will be bad enough.
Plus, it made me really cranky today…and I don’t like being cranky. I’m snapping at the girls for stupid little reasons, just because I’ve got a pain in the neck. I think I was become a big pain in their necks.
But, I can’t let this slow me down on the path to healthier living. Once I’m home from D.C. the training begins…
(Start hearing Rocky theme...
Do do do do do do do do do do do…
Trying hard now, its so hard now, trying hard now..Getting strong now, wont be long now, getting strong now..Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly.)
But first, I just want to get rid of this pain in my neck so I can get a good night's sleep.
Well, maybe it is really more a pain in the shoulder.
And I don’t do well with pain.
As I type, pain shoots down my arm to my hand because of this knot in my right shoulder.
It is all because I wanted to start doing some weight training with our dumbbells on Thursday. I only used five pound weights, and just went through about 10 reps on each type of exercise, just to refresh my memories on how they were each done.
Well, this seemed to aggravate the muscles in my neck and shoulder area, causing them to cinch into a knot and hurt really bad.
Right now I put a Icy Hot patch on the area, and have a heating pad covering it to give me some relief.
I can’t get comfortable in bed, because I like to sleep on my stomach, and I can’t find a comfortable spot lying in bed that way….so I need to sleep on my back, which isn’t quite as comfy. ARGH!!!
That is what I get for not being disciplined the past couple of years with working out with any regularity…so now my neck and shoulders are so messed up, that I try and give them a little exercise and they rebel against me.
So, PKR has had some similar problems, and he said I just need to ease back into it, and not work those muscles too much at first.
I asked him how long it is going to last.
He said he wasn’t sure.
I’m leaving Saturday on a jet plane for Washington D.C., and I really don’t want to deal with this knot while traveling. Sleeping on the plane and in different beds will be bad enough.
Plus, it made me really cranky today…and I don’t like being cranky. I’m snapping at the girls for stupid little reasons, just because I’ve got a pain in the neck. I think I was become a big pain in their necks.
But, I can’t let this slow me down on the path to healthier living. Once I’m home from D.C. the training begins…
(Start hearing Rocky theme...
Do do do do do do do do do do do…
Trying hard now, its so hard now, trying hard now..Getting strong now, wont be long now, getting strong now..Gonna fly now, flying high now, gonna fly, fly, fly.)
But first, I just want to get rid of this pain in my neck so I can get a good night's sleep.
Good night!!
