Stiff Neck Woes

So I was on my way to the dentist and felt this slight pain just below the left of my neck (where I swallow) and wondered if I was coming down with a flu or something. Anyway I thought nothing of it until Friday my throat was feeling a little tender. Then on Saturday it was still sore and my neck started feeling stiff. So I touched the back of my neck and realized something was out. Sunday it was even worse and hard to swallow and I couldn't sleep that night. Monday I woke up feeling just horrible. I went to the walk in clinic and the doctor said I didn't have a virus or anything but he thought it was a muscle that was out of wack. I called physio and begged for an appointment that day.

They were able to fit me in with someone at 7:00pm (it wasn't the usual person I see) and I was grateful. I was thinking that I'd be screaming in pain when I went and was prepared for anything as long as I could move my neck again. The lady I saw was Irish and I loved her accent. She was fantastic and explained everything to me regarding my posture, ways to improve my neck pain etc. She also was able to manipulate and massage my neck and I felt better but sore when I left. The neck day I felt so much better.

I think I know what happened, I'm on my laptop a lot at home and of course I sit in a hunched position. That isn't new but we took an old laptop and set it up on this high desk in the kitchen and instead of sitting down at it over the week-end I was standing looking down at it and typing away and I'm pretty sure that is what caused my neck crink.

Tomorrow I go back for my second appointment as there was a part of my neck that wouldn't budge. I'm just so thankful to be feeling better and it makes me appreciate the things I take for granted.

Michelle