Discovery!
So Friday night I went to bed. Saturday morning, I woke up and my neck hurt. I went to tai chi, and it started hurting worse. (Not because of tai chi...that actually helped stretch me out a bit and got the blood going.) By golly, turns out I've got another pinched nerve in my neck, and now cannot turn my head. I spent much of the weekend zonked out with Icy Hot or a heating pad and lots of ibuprofen. By the time I got home from school today though, my muscles were spasming so badly, it looked like I had a nervous tic.
Solution discovered!
1. Pour a hot bath. Toss in eucalyptus infused epsom salts.
2. Soak in bath, scooting down with legs folded half-lotus, head submerged almost to nose. Let head and shoulders go limp, supported by hot water.
3. Focus on breathing.
4. Take Vicodin and Benedryl (the later to prevent the itching the former inevitibly causes me). Do this after the bath.
5. Drink some jasmine tea. Marvel in a half hour that I can turn my head from side to side again slowly, and spasms are gone.
6. Go have long conversation with mother concerning reincarnation.
I never said my house was normal.
Oh, and today is my last day of being 35. You may all mourn/rejoice with me. ;)
Solution discovered!
1. Pour a hot bath. Toss in eucalyptus infused epsom salts.
2. Soak in bath, scooting down with legs folded half-lotus, head submerged almost to nose. Let head and shoulders go limp, supported by hot water.
3. Focus on breathing.
4. Take Vicodin and Benedryl (the later to prevent the itching the former inevitibly causes me). Do this after the bath.
5. Drink some jasmine tea. Marvel in a half hour that I can turn my head from side to side again slowly, and spasms are gone.
6. Go have long conversation with mother concerning reincarnation.
I never said my house was normal.
Oh, and today is my last day of being 35. You may all mourn/rejoice with me. ;)