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Mar. 31st, 2026 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeI have tweaked a muscle in my neck sometime in the last few days, possibly saturday. I think it was during pruning saturday since I stood up from pruning and was weirdly sore but I have no idea what would have done it. It's fine most of the time except when I turn my head in one direction but that's not the worst it hurts. Worst it hurts is when I'm doing stuff with my arm and turn my head or when I put my elbow on the desk and rest my head on my hand. I can sleep on that side without it hurting. But it's annoying. And makes my shoulder feel funny. I'm trying to baby it but I don't know what hurts it so ??? And honestly, pruning seems to stretch it out and it feels better? So who knows honestly.
The good news is that I'm nearly done pruning the blueberries, I've got 7 rows left and only one row of the irritating varieties that produce a lot of shoots. Something went wrong with the battery of the electric pruner, I think charging it in the unheated garage when it was below freezing. Now it only holds charge for an hour or two of pruning, so I alternate pruning with something else while it charges. The batteries are really expensive, so we're going to run the winterizing routine as soon as there's a good rainy couple of days or I finish the blueberries, whichever comes first and see if that helps.
I have been ravenously hungry since I got back from my trip and can't seem to eat enough. I need to make a grocery store run and do some food planning. I've hit the craving fruit point of the season so I've been digging into my chest freezer to bake desserts with fruit. I made a ton of progress on my knitted sweater and actually bound off the sleeves during crafting last night, the end is in sight!
My dad is making progress on the floor of their house, actual boards are being laid but it won't be finished before his surgery on friday. They will be down at my brother's thursday through monday I think, so I'll get some peace and quiet while they're away. That's okay that the floor won't get done. There is progress. I need to get his help moving the drywall piece before his surgery, the drywall is upstairs but there's no room to cut it there, so I need help getting it to the front porch. It should be easy to move after I get it cut since the piece will be much smaller.
Spring is abruptly here, it's been warm and sunny, the crocus have emerged, I uncovered the strawberries the other day and have been sweating as I prune. Ahh spring. Much to do!
The good news is that I'm nearly done pruning the blueberries, I've got 7 rows left and only one row of the irritating varieties that produce a lot of shoots. Something went wrong with the battery of the electric pruner, I think charging it in the unheated garage when it was below freezing. Now it only holds charge for an hour or two of pruning, so I alternate pruning with something else while it charges. The batteries are really expensive, so we're going to run the winterizing routine as soon as there's a good rainy couple of days or I finish the blueberries, whichever comes first and see if that helps.
I have been ravenously hungry since I got back from my trip and can't seem to eat enough. I need to make a grocery store run and do some food planning. I've hit the craving fruit point of the season so I've been digging into my chest freezer to bake desserts with fruit. I made a ton of progress on my knitted sweater and actually bound off the sleeves during crafting last night, the end is in sight!
My dad is making progress on the floor of their house, actual boards are being laid but it won't be finished before his surgery on friday. They will be down at my brother's thursday through monday I think, so I'll get some peace and quiet while they're away. That's okay that the floor won't get done. There is progress. I need to get his help moving the drywall piece before his surgery, the drywall is upstairs but there's no room to cut it there, so I need help getting it to the front porch. It should be easy to move after I get it cut since the piece will be much smaller.
Spring is abruptly here, it's been warm and sunny, the crocus have emerged, I uncovered the strawberries the other day and have been sweating as I prune. Ahh spring. Much to do!
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Date: 2026-03-31 05:44 pm (UTC)After several years with my current guy who fixes my back here is what might be happening: a little tiny rotation in one or more of your neck vertebra is pinching a nerve. Moving into certain positions will increase or decrease the amount of pinch. There are two things that hold the pinch in place, the muscles and the fascia that surrounds the muscles. A chiropractor would jerk the vertebra back into place, but they -wouldn't- loosen up the fascia, so the vertebra might or might not stay. A masseuse would work on the muscles but might not loosen up the fascia necessarily. My guy Richard is an osteopath who loosens up the fascia, sometimes starting at my feet for a problem in my lower back. This lets the vertebra settle back into place on their own. One of the moves Richard does for my neck is to do firm strokes from the bottom of my chin up to the base of the skull. The thing I do in addition is to pull straight across my neck, side to side. In both cases I'm not worried about the muscles, though if they are cramping light massage helps. I'm worried about the fascia and loosening it. If things are really bad I'll start in my forearms and elbow, again thinking about the fascia not the muscle. Once the neck is slightly happier I lie down and roll my back on a roller. The one I'm using (I think) this roller, which is nice because of the spine channel in the middle. https://intelliroll.com/collections/all-foam-rollers/products/pro-sport
One other thought: all the riggers I know, who spend their lives lifting heavy things, do workouts that strengthen the muscles that oppose the ones they use for work. Without balance in muscle mass it is easy to injure yourself.
Hope that is even the least little bit helpful.
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