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I woke up with my back hurting enough that going back to sleep was impossible: I couldn't find a comfortable, or even only mildly uncomfortable, position to lie down in. (I tried the living room couch as well, less because I expected it to work than because I was also trying to let ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude get that last 45 minutes or so of rest.)
It's the sort of pain that, at least combined with being just up and slightly short of sleep, has me crying intermittently, though I suspect on a scale of bad back stuff, 1-10, this is about a 3 or 4.
The pain is between my shoulderblades. I suspect that the lat pulldowns at the gym yesterday are at least part of the cause of this problem. (That's one of the Xpressline machines, an exercise I hadn't done in ages, and even if the exercise isn't inherently problematic for me, I had a lot of weight on it, and some problems at the beginning with the positioning of the hardware.) I have had 400 mg of ibuprofen and a shower; I may add more painkillers before I leave the house this morning.
At this rate, neither sitting nor reclining will be comfortable this afternoon, and this isn't what's meant by "the bread of our affliction."
ETA, 7:30: It's responding well to the ibuprofen, and Cattitude confirms that the pain is where the lats (latissimus dorsi) are. So, use that machine again carefully if at all, take the anti-inflammatories, and don't fret.
cattitude get that last 45 minutes or so of rest.) It's the sort of pain that, at least combined with being just up and slightly short of sleep, has me crying intermittently, though I suspect on a scale of bad back stuff, 1-10, this is about a 3 or 4.
The pain is between my shoulderblades. I suspect that the lat pulldowns at the gym yesterday are at least part of the cause of this problem. (That's one of the Xpressline machines, an exercise I hadn't done in ages, and even if the exercise isn't inherently problematic for me, I had a lot of weight on it, and some problems at the beginning with the positioning of the hardware.) I have had 400 mg of ibuprofen and a shower; I may add more painkillers before I leave the house this morning.
At this rate, neither sitting nor reclining will be comfortable this afternoon, and this isn't what's meant by "the bread of our affliction."
ETA, 7:30: It's responding well to the ibuprofen, and Cattitude confirms that the pain is where the lats (latissimus dorsi) are. So, use that machine again carefully if at all, take the anti-inflammatories, and don't fret.