A new day and a new hurdle to overcome.
My neck issues have calmed down thankfully on their own. I still have some pain here and there and stiffness, but overall that part is feeling a lot better. However, I was told I have arthritis. How severe and exactly what kind I have I’m not sure. I have to do further testing. All I know is it sucks. I wake up really stiff and have pain in my joints all day long. It really makes it hard to move around and want to work out. However, I won’t let it get me down. I figure the less I move around the more limited motion I’ll eventually have. I can’t really go out and hit the weights hard, but I need to work on strengthening my weak areas, particularily my back, and take less strain off my bones and joints and add it to my muscles. I also need to really strengthen my core. I’m doing yoga to help with flexibility and might add in some pilates too. I’m going to make an appt to try and figure out how bad it is, what kind I have, and start medication to control it. I’ll update when I find more out. Until then, just another day.
August 8, 2008 at 6:02 am
Yoga sounds great for you! Good luck with your tests!
December 30, 2008 at 9:27 am
How exactly did you get over the neck pain? I sometimes have neck pain and the only thing that has helped are massages-for a little while, at least.
January 20, 2009 at 8:26 am
Carlos: I haven’t gotten over it. If anything it’s worse, but you learn to deal with it as it comes. My surgeon has told me I’ll have problems for the rest of my life, so with something like that you just deal with it the best that you can and continue going.