A Real Pain in the Neck

For the past two weeks I have been in some pretty excruciating pain. It radiates up and down my left arm and feels like something is pulling on my veins and twisting my muscles. Three of my fingers on my left hand are numb, and I am unable to lift my arm up over my head. Let alone lift my toddler, or do all the many things that need doing with the use of two arms.

Initially, I had no idea how this happened. I just woke up one morning with this awful neck pain and felt my mobility dramatically constrained. The neck pain in itself was not new. I’ve had a soreness in my back for the last few years now, and have been attempting to treat it with chiropractic visits, osteopathy, and exercise. I had recently begun jogging again, and thought it would soon sort itself out. Suddenly, I got hit up with this pain along the left side of my arm and shoulder. I thought perhaps I had torn a muscle. That I didn’t stretch something properly, or maybe even over-stretched it. Needless to say, it’s been pretty rough. Thankfully, I discovered both the cause and solution to this mysterious pain, and I’m all too happy to share what I’ve learnt. It’s been a revelation, and I hope that my own story can offer readers the same enlightenment.

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