irritation

[jazzfish]

jmax315 reminds me of the least pleasant (though possibly most entertaining in retrospect) part of Origins.

Grah. Headache, tired, problems dealing with UPS and setting up weekend plans, and now it turns out my email isn't being sent to places other than itself. And I'm here late today to make up for shoulderstuff on Monday and sleepstuff on Thursday. Not a good start to the day.

On the other hand, Toki Tori is on sale for 99 cents. Perhaps that will improve matters.

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Speaking of shoulderstuff, it seems that the problem actually lies in the muscles pulling the shoulderblade, and not in the arm itself, at least not anymore. Not sure what I can do about that, other than ice it and stretch it. Taking a few weeks off from phys.ther to see if it gets better.

I can no longer use the desktop at home for longer than about fifteen minutes. Something about the desk and chair and position of my arms is just too painful. I hope a better chair will solve this problem but at this point I don't even know what a "better chair" would be. Aeron, I suppose.

Comments

[babushek.livejournal.com]

Oh! You will like this! You'll want a pillow, someplace comfy to lay down (I usually do this on my bed), and 1-2 tennis balls. Put the tennis ball on the floor about where your right shoulder blade will be, and lay down on top of it. Now, shift around until the tennis ball is pressing into your tender point or knot. My worst knot is sort of under the edge of my shoulder blade -- this works great for it. Lay there and endure. It will hurt at first, but the longer you lay there, the more deeply the ball will press into the knot and release the tension. When you feel like that spot is "done," you can shift around to put it under a different spot. This also works great on your neck. You can do two at one time, either to hit both sides of your body, or with one ball under your shoulder blade, and one under your neck. If the ball feels too hard, you can experiment with placing a pillow under it (works well for the neck), or a towel over it. Kinda like giving yourself a shiatsu massage!

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PS This also works great if you have the tightness in your glutes that is symptomatic to runners. Just lay on the tennis balls and roll around until they're pressing into the tight points. Lana told me that "if I could feel a green orb under my ass, I must be a princess." ;)