Three weeks ago I participated in a very dangerous activity. At nighttime, I went to sleep. I have regretted that decision ever since. When I woke up that morning, I felt some mild discomfort in my back. By the end of the day I could not turn my head to the right nor to the left. Wonder Boy had to drive me home and I spent the evening alternating between ice and hot packs around my neck and back.
Yesterday I slept like a champion but woke up still stiff and hurt the entire day. I still didn’t drive and I spent last night watching movies and icing or heating my neck. My assumption that this would be a short-lived thing and I would wake up by today feeling find. Notsomuch.
This morning I woke up with sharp pains in the middle of my spine and I was unable to move without making horrible, beastly sounds. With one large Ugh I was able to roll over and literally roll off the bed. Sad, sad scene. And so now, one what would be one of my last four days at work, I am at home feeling miserable.
I am not the first person to go through this so I started asking around. Naturally, people are more than willing to offer medical advice (regardless of any actual medical knowledge). Here are my options, as I see it:
- Go to my family doctor, who will likely prescribe muscle relaxers
- Go to a massage therapist and give them a shot and reducing the mess of knots of my back
- See a chiropractor
