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[RC] re: Crick in the Neck - Mary KraussHello Rae,A few days before an endurance ride, to be followed by a three week car trip, I wound up hurting my neck in a fashion similar to yours. My husband had to put his arm behind my head when I wanted to get up in the morning. I couldn't get comfortable in any position. He is a doctor so can easily provide the right meds on the spot thank God. I used muscle relaxants the first day, half the dose the second day, then turned to Tylenol and the occasional glass of wine :-) While going to the doctor is really important, sometimes I think they can kinda jump the gun and make you think all sorts of terrible things are happening simply because there is a far out possibility of that being the case. In my case, the injury caused bizarre symptoms for the next few days--blinding pain in my neck, then the other shoulder, then my lower back, then my diaphragm. My husband says one can develop a pain syndrome and that--in my words not his--you can accidentally activate the spine and wind up with all sorts of unrelated pain. The key is to quiet down the system. I am SO glad I listened to him for once and took the meds. Usually I say, "I'll be fine" because I don't trust quick fixes and sometimes fall into thinking of even basic medicine in that light. Still glad I didn't let anyone touch my neck or back though..... Hope you feel right as rain soon! Mary K. p.s. To make this post endurance-related I should mention that my neck pain was a delayed reaction to a horrendous spook at the end of a 20 mile, very relaxed trail ride. We were half a mile from the trailer, trotting loosely along a beautiful treed dirt road, when, BAM! out popped a killer bunny.... For some reason I thought only car accidents caused whiplash--never thought of a bunny as dangerous. Now I know the fuzzy little guys for the holy terrors they really are..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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