Aching Neck

I woke up with my neck aching badly. It is the kind of aches that led to headaches... :(

Stiff Neck

Either I have not been sleeping right or I have recently been carrying too many academic books (on statistics) around to and fro the office (most likely the latter). It started yesterday and seemed to be on the mend last night but it got worse today. :( I think I might have pulled the neck muscle too when I was waking Marieann up for school this morning. Sigh.

OUCH II

The right side of my neck and the right shoulder are still sore and stiff. I don't dare to move too much because of the pain. When I turn to the right, I move my whole body instead of just turning my head/ neck. A good friend who is experienced in suffering from stiff neck (lol) advised that I should be stretching my neck muscle gently (of course not to the point where it hurts badly) instead of just leaving it be.

So now, other than applying Voltaren four times daily, I am also gently massaging and stretching my neck muscle whenever I can. Hopefully, I will feel better soon.

OUCH!

One minute I was talking, the next minute I was "OUCH"! There was a sharp pain shooting up the right side of my neck and I was frozen in mid-speech. It was excruciating pain. I had no idea what I did or how I pulled my neck muscle. :( I couldn't look down at my toes nor could I turn my head more than 45 degrees to my right without having to turn my whole body! :( :(

I applied Voltaren which seemed to help a little but I still couldn't turn my neck left and right very much, especially to the right. I am thinking maybe my posture during the intensive data entry was bad and it has affected my neck muscle. :( I hope I will recover soon.