Somehow, and it’s unrelated to the new shoes, I managed to pull a/some muscle(s) in my back this morning while reaching for the dog’s allergy pill and/or loading the dishwasher.
I am, apparently, 400 years old.
(Mutherfucker!)
It is ridiculously painful – and I say that as someone whose ribs frequently slide out of place and swell and make it impossible for me to sleep in various positions and whose arm sometimes goes numb as a result. I have occasionally had a tight muscle in my back but this is a full-fledged knot of awful. How do people function with this kind of pain? Also, I suddenly get why everyone with back pain ends up addicted to Oxys and then heroin and, oh, man, slippery slope over here, right? (Not really.) (Don’t send help.) (I’m not high!)
So, I spent some time lying on the floor. Then some time sitting in a chair, perfectly upright. Then walking up and down the stairs. Then lying on the floor again.
I am learning that there is a fine line between staying in one place for a little while (the pain stops!) and staying in place too long (everything has cramped up again! ow ow ow!). Huh. Who knew?
There was a work-related meeting at 1pm today that I really wanted to attend (but which isn’t hugely problematic if I can’t do it) so I was doing everything I could do to make the muscle happy – - I failed. And I am only now, at 1:30, half-dressed. I’m standing to type this (all hail the standing-height desk!) and I would really prefer not to bend down for any reason whatsoever.
(Pants are optional at home, thank god.)
So, good times all around over here. GOOD TIMES.
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Eeeek!
Is this a kind of pain that massage can help with? I hope there some kinds of exercises you can do to strengthen your back muscles, because what you are describing totally sucks :(
*hugs* Hope you’ll feel better soon!
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Ugh, I’ve done that three times in the last few years and OW OW OW OW.
What worked for me: Good painkillers, ice and/or heat (opinions vary; I like heat). Massage not just once but a few times over a few weeks or a month, until the muscles remember how not to be tense. And red wine. Nothing works better for me than 2 glasses of red wine, but sadly it’s not much good for the work day (even at my office, and probably yours…).
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Oh, forgot: ask the pharmacist for the Robacexet with codeine — it’s behind the counter and there are a couple of kinds (with acetaminophen or with ibuprofen, I think).
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Robax Platinum. It relaxes the muscles, stops the spasms, which inturn helps the swelling go down.
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Can’t remember right now if I ever had a good one in KW, but my current chiropractor can help me with a pulled muscle or spasm. He uses sound waves, electrical pulse, heat and massage. A really bad knot, if I go in quickly to see my DC, usually only takes 1 to 3 visits to resolve. But if I let it “set in” and gimp around for a week or two, it takes more to get the spasm to release. I also agree with all of the above. Muscle relaxants with heat for sleep.
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