My Neck Hurts

2024-11-22

Man my neck hurts and I am not sure why. I think this is part of getting older but both my neck and shoulders are really sore and it is hard for me to turn my head or lean it backwards. There are a few possibilities on why this is the case.

I slept wrong

This is very possible, I definitely have had a few times where I slept funny on something and my hip or back has hurt for a few days. This is definitely an old person thing and I hate it, but there isn’t a lot I can do to mitigate this. I gotta sleep and I dont know how to sleep right or wrong. Maybe I could look into a different bed but I really enjoy a firm mattress and dont think we will be switching soon.

I lifted boxes incorrectly

Yesterday I took a bunch of trash and some chairs to the curb. I also hunched over and cut a ton of boxes into small pieces. Nothing in particular was very heavy, but there were some bulky things that may have hurt my neck and shoulders. If this was the root cause I would have expected a sore back but who knows.

I lifted my kid for too long

My oldest kid is real heavy, about 30 pounds, and often he wants to be held. So perhaps I strained my shoulders and neck by just holding and moving my kid. I have definitely done this before with my arms and perhaps it could have been similar.

I took a meeting in my car

I drove to lunch today and took a one hour meeting in my car. It was not comfortable sitting in a car and staring at my laptop but it would be a bummer if this was the root cause, it isn’t even that hard to sit in a car and stare at a laptop but maybe I messed up my neck doing it.

I realize most of there are old people problems. I am slowly turning into an old person. I am trying to take better care of my body, I should probably be icing or warming my neck and trying to loosen it up. Hopefully this passes fast and I will try not to put any more stress on myself.

-Gary