Eeeeh, fuck.

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My shoulder/neck is doing that hurty thing again, just for bout day! Hooray. I'm not going to let it keep me from playing tonight, especially since it's likely I won't be in the game a ton as it is, and also, because of where I tend to play I'll give and recieve most hits on my other side, but *still*.

I'm mostly, if not completely, pain-free in a neutral pose, when I turn my head a lot either way it hurts, but once it gets where its going the pain stops.

I'm not used to sporty related pain. I'm not sure if this one is from derby or from yoga or from a nice combo... So, sporty people (molly?) what should I do to either make this better as soon as possible, or at least make it not worse? Rub it? Stretch it? Leave it alone? Ice it? Heat it? Put smelly sporty cream on it? Take an over the counter painkiller? Any combination of these things? My inclination is that it feels tight and wants to be heated and stretched, but I know those things can also make things worse.

Bleh.

Anyway. Still excited.

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[paraselenic.livejournal.com]

This is not for the bout, but after, when you are going to sleep. I just got over a bout of bad back spasms and found it really hard to get to a comfortable position to sleep, but found that the smelly "icy hot" patches worked wonders. So when you're all tired and s4 has rubbed you up, slop one of those babies on and it will help you nod off (altho you may be so tired after your bout that it won't matter, but just in case) I've used the hot water bottle thing, too, but for sleeping those things are a little bulky. Kick ass on your bout, I wish I could be there!