Bad Things, Today's Edition

[cloudscudding]

1. Strained a muscle in my back yesterday. Now hurts lots whenever I try to bend over at a certain angle. Did I mention I have a baby to pick up and carry around a lot? Or that because of breastfeeding said baby, it's not like I can go whine to my doctor for strong painkillers? Should I try to stretch it or should I try to rest it? I DON"T KNOW

Comments

[misslynx]

Re #1, the general formula I've heard for dealing with such things is RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Although not all of those things are easy to do with your back (I'm not sure how you'd elevate it, for example). But the rest and ice parts are worth a try...

The others, I'm afraid I don't really have any advice for.