Ouch! My neck! Pull-ups = misery?
Ok, so yesterday I decided to really push myself on the assisted pull-ups, so I did two extra sets (5 instead of 3) and upped my weight on the last set. All good, right? I felt good, I warmed up and cooled down, stretched, etc.
Well, I woke up the middle of the night with horrible neck pain on my left side. Like, from my shoulder to my ear felt like one giant stabbing cramp. I dragged myself into a warm shower at 3am, applied ice, popped ibuprofin. 6 hours later I'm still in bed-it's a little better but still really hurts!
Has anyone had this? Do you think I just overworked it and it cramped up??? Do you think heat/ice and stretching will help? I've never pulled a muscle or anything like that so I don't know what different muscle pains feel like.
I'm going to go to my doctor this afternoon but sometimes I doubt how much regular MDs know about specific problems like this. I bet they'll tell me to rest it, and that's it. Easy to do for a elementary school teacher, right?
I figured some fellow lifters might have experience. Yowch!!