ineffective method of dealing with a sore neck
I pinched a nerve in my neck a couple of days ago. It’s getting better, but I’m chomping back the ibus (ALL BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ALTAR OF IBUPROFEN, WEAK-MINDED MORTALS!) and icing my neck whenever I get a chance.
So I get to work this morning, drop off my backpack under my desk, plop my bagged lunch on my desk, and head right off to a meeting. A mind-numbing hour later, the meeting ends and I figure it might be a good idea to ice my neck this morning (since I do have Masters practice this evening and I would really like to have more neck mobility than a Mr. Potatohead doll). So, off I head in search of ice.
After many trials and travails (OGRES! TROLLS! ADMIN STAFF!), I finally arrive back at my desk with a bag of ice. I sit down, take a breath, and balance the large bag on my shoulder up against my neck aaaaand… Aaaaaaaaaaah. Cooooold.
Things continue apace for about… oh, two minutes, when a co-worker comes to me with a minor crisis. I take the ice off my neck, put it on my desk, and step away for a few minutes.
Crisis averted, I return to my desk, sit down, and place the bag against my neck.
However, after a few minutes, I realise that it feels much less effective than before.
Likely due to the fact that I have placed a bag containing a banana, an orange, and a granola bar against my neck.
June 21st, 2006 at 9:50 am
I feel your pain – literally – my neck’s been screwed up for months. The quack doctor I went to who grabbed the top of my head and yanked it back, with me yelling “OWWW!!” (no joke!) didn’t help things. It also didn’t “fix itself”, like he said. Idiot. I’m going to a real doctor today, and then to a chiropractor.
June 21st, 2006 at 10:47 am
You have a wonderful way of condensing a story down to its essentials, yet still leaving the laughs intact. Very good.
June 21st, 2006 at 3:03 pm
SkylarKD: I’m hoping I can get my teammate — who is also my chiropractor — to take a quick gander at it tonight. Fingers crossed.
Suldog: I condense because I’m lazy. Less typing.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pm
no matter what you do its funny, I love comming her for my daily laugh fest;)
June 23rd, 2006 at 11:26 am
I don’t know about being funny no matter what I do.
I’m pretty serious when mowing. And when I install moldings. And cooking eggs.
Those are serious occasions requiring a serious demeanor.
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:44 pm
De meaner de better, when you’re trying to be serious.
July 30th, 2006 at 7:04 am
I woke up this morning with a still neck or a creek as my father said. Its a huge problem with me over the years and has stoped me playing football on numorous occasions, i cnt afford to go to the doctor or chiropracter.is there any home alternative to this annoyed and nusence of a thing!?? Thanks a million,
Ruairi
July 31st, 2006 at 1:22 pm
I’ve never really done much to deal with my neck pains… other than bitch and complain until it goes away.