| Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| Shouldering the burden |
About a week and a half ago, I started experiencing some excruciating pain in my right shoulder. It hurt pretty much all the time, but especially when I was on the computer, so I wound up sending an email to the clients I was working with at the moment telling them I had to take a few days off. I spent a few days taking tons of ibuprofen and lying in bed a lot -- about the only time my shoulder didn't hurt was if I was lying down on my left-hand side.
I went to see my doctor, who diagnosed me with a pinched nerve -- and it turns out the best thing to do is to rest and take ibuprofen, which is exactly what I was doing. A few days later, my shoulder felt OK. However, the experience was pretty scary; as a self-employed person, I'm really vulnerable to anything that could prevent me from working. There's no one around to pick up my slack.
Needless to say, blogging fell by the wayside while I was recovering and then trying to catch up on work.
If you are reading this after spending more than 1 hour in front of the computer without moving anything other than your arms, get up and do some of these exercises (especially the pec corner stretch, which was recommended to me by a massage therapist who treats a lot of heavy computer users). |
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When you started talking about your shoulder, I was afraid you had Frozen Shoulder, which my sister just recently recovered from. Apparently the physical therapy required to break up the adhesions was like the most painful thing she had ever been through (she actually screamed). I'm glad that didn't happen to you and that everything's okay!
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When you started talking about your shoulder, I was afraid you had Frozen Shoulder, which my sister just recently recovered from. Apparently the physical therapy required to break up the adhesions was like the most painful thing she had ever been through (she actually screamed). I'm glad that didn't happen to you and that everything's okay!