Long weekend!

[oyceter]

I feel I didn't get much done this weekend except sleep. Then again, I have been woefully sleep-deprived the past week (all my own fault), so this is probably a good thing. On the other hand, it means I missed the farmers' market again! I had to go to Whole Foods for tomatoes, and I bet they don't taste as good.

I also got to see laurashapiro on Sunday at JTown and saw The Bourne Ultimatum with a friend the night before. I can tell that I am really just not as into action movies any more, given that my largest reaction was that someone should have pulled the cord of the fax machine at a key point in the film. There was a small chance that the fax machine was the type that scanned first and then transmitted everything!

/geek

Mostly, though, the weekend has been me massaging my shoulders. I think extended computer use at work and at home (partly avoidable at home, completely unavoidable at work) plus falling asleep in the bathtub with the rats have given me horrible muscle cramps in my shoulder. On Monday, it was so painful that I had a hard time turning my head because something would twinge in my right shoulder. I ended up shelling out for a massage because of the ouch, and while it's better now in that it's not twinging painfully anymore, the crampy feeling is still there.

So am scheduled for another massage tonight, and I hope it helps, since the crampiness is now marching up my neck and down one arm.

May not be around online quite as much these days in an effort to keep upper back and neck pain at a low.

Any suggestions that do not involve shelling out lots of money for a massage highly welcome!

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[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

And if you want to sort of combine approaches, I have recently fallen deeply in love with Batherapy Sport (http://www.queenhelene.com//batherapy-sport.php) salts, which includes epsom salts, camphor, eucalyptus, and various mint oils. If you don't mind soaking in something that smells a lot like Tiger Balm, I've found this stuff is even more soothing than plain epsom salts; it was a total godsend when I blew my knee out at the pow-wow last month, and it was the only thing I could find that did anything for the pain and tenderness of a bad case of runner's toe earlier this year.

Other than that, hmmm, you could always try slapping on some Satohap or Salonpas plasters to provide a little bit of relief throughout the day? I used to swear by Salonpas Muscle Mousse, but they seem to have discontinued the stuff and I swear the gel and spray versions just never seemed to work as well. Sadface!