Pain woke me from sleep...

Hi all! I hope you had a Happy Easter. I am very happy to see spring in central New York!

It seems I overdid things...again. I didn't sleep well Friday or Saturday night, and spent most of the weekend running around getting things done, and cooking. Knew I was tiring myself out and pushing it, but it's a holiday. :) Last night I must have fallen into a very deep sleep and not moved much, because I woke up at 2am frozen in place with pain EVERYWHERE. Any muscle I tried to move protested. Wow. I have never experienced that before. It took a little bit of time, some tears and a gentle stretch or two before I could settle back in to sleep. Today I am still pretty tight, so I'm back on the ibuprofen to see if that helps. 

Does anyone else experience this kind of thing? What kind of precautions should I take (besides doing less.  lol) so that it doesn't happen again?  Thanks in advance!

It does sound like you over did it. I know that we all do that, but we have to learn to pace ourselves. Even when we are feeling good.

I too agree that a nice long soak in the tub might be in order. Gentle stretching is another good thing. I use the bed buddy a lot. I think that the moist heat really helps. So I would recommend that to you also.

There isn't much more than trying not to over do things. I know that it is hard, especially on a holiday weekend. Try to think of all the good things that you enjoyed. I hope that you feel better soon.

Hugs, Karen

Gentle stretching before bed time (just the lightest of stretches, not like you do warming up for aerobics LOL, but like you do when you have a nice yawn and stretch), and go to bed with heat. I usually move back and forth, rocking myself while I drift off to sleep. The motion tends to make me 'fall into place'