Chronic Neck Pain
Now that I’ve recovered from the competition, and no more chest cold, I’ve started training as hard as ever, and am happy to report that my weight is increasing while my bodyfat is still at 9%! My body looks more solid and I can see the muscle visibly growing!
The only drawback to my training is that I’m experiencing neck pain that feels like a strained muscle. I pulled a muscle on the left side of my neck a while ago doing barbell shrugs. Since then, I’ve modified my routine to perform dumbbell shrugs instead. This seems to have eliminated the motion that was straining my neck.
Last night, while doing bent-over barbell rows, my neck once again was strained. It’s not as bad as before, but noticeable and limiting the movement (twisting from side to side) of my head.
Does anyone have any advice about what I can do to fix the problem entirely? I don’t want to treat the symptoms, I want to cure the disease! Any thoughts would be appreciated to get rid of this pain in my neck.
