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    Default Pulled muscles in neck and back

    It feels like every muscle in my neck and upper back/ shoulder area has been pulled apart from my horse fall yesterday. Basically I hit the ground on my head, and my body flipped over by way of the neck, upper back. I felt it kind of rip painfully when it happened, but I got up fine. Thank god I decided to wear a helmet yesterday!

    Anyway, I want to go back out again tomorrow to correct this psychotic behaviour, but I'm so fucking sore all over. I can deal with it on the legs, arms, chest and back...but my neck, I don't know. I can't look to the sides that well, and it really hurts to touch it even...like when lymph nodes are swollen and it's just sore?

    I guess I'm just wondering if it's silly to get right back into the game with this kind of injury. My concern is that I might fall again, and hit the same way, god forbid (it was a horribly frightening way to fall...I usually land on my back or butt, which I did the second time I fell yesterday...actually, I usually don't fall at all, but now I'm riding young crazy horses, it goes with the territory). It's so sore, I don't want to rip it or anything. But it's not wise to let the horse go unworked after such dangerous behaviour.

    So anyone know what's ok and what's not with neck strains? What kind of meds are best? Advil never works for me...would icing help? What kind of ligaments are in the neck?

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Pulled muscles in neck and back

    I think your body needs time to heal. Obviously, you are used to this kind of activity, but if it is still hurting you, you should rest. Maybe go in to see your Doc.

    FYI, my upper body muscles were racked all day yesterday and into the night and I still worked. When I came home, I had a full, healthy meal, my man gave me a massage and then I used this weighted belt (it's filled w/ herbs) that I use for cramps. He nuked it for me and put it on my back. For the next 45 mins or so I put this on different areas of my back, shoulders, neck (on my left side I had a solid stiff, sore mass from neck to my shoulder to the middle of my back) legs, butt, just everywhere. I felt much better.

    I do feel much better this morning as well. You may have already tried heat compression, but it seemed to work for me.
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