Thursday, August 27, 2009

Stiff Neck

Ever wake up in the middle of the night, realizing you're sleeping in an odd position? Well, one of these nights, I woke up realizing I'm resting my head on my own shoulder and I can't move. My pillow was at least a few centimeters on top of me. The result? Stiff neck, not so hard to imagine isn't it? My colleagues were so tempted to 'help' me twitch my neck whenever they saw me moving awkwardly at work.

My mother has an old superstitious method of 'solving' stiff neck. She'll bring the pillow out and dry it in the sun, then she'll beat (yes, she really beats with a stick) up the pillow. Strangely, usually after she did that, there'll be no more stiff neck / sleeping problem the night after. I tried to do the same here but it doesn't work. Maybe the weather is too cold, the sun is not warm, the magnetic field is different blah blah blah...bottom line is: it doesn't work & I have stiff neck 3days in a row!

When weekend arrives, I finally bring myself together and went to purchase a 'guarantee no stiff neck' hard pillow which cost DKK350!! I'm not sure if the pillow that working (or my money, indirectly), I can finally twist and turn my head around without moving my shoulder, what a relieve! I told my mom when one day I move back to Penang, I'll definitely bring that pillow along! :p

Anyway, if you have any good remedy in preventing / curing stiff neck, please let me know. Always good to keep some tricks that might be useful in future (not that I don't trust my pillow, hehe)

1 comment:

Aline said...

I don't know whether is this effective or not. But i come across with an article mention about this.

您偶爾早上起床會發現自己睡落枕了嗎?
一旦落枕您該怎麼辦?

嚴重一點的,自然是上醫院啦 ... 這一趟下來起碼要七天時間 ...
幸運一點的,雖然不用上醫院看看醫生,但等到脖仔子完全沒事,嘛是要二三天光景,脖子仍然是故障中。

現在,恭禧你,收到這個訊息。

一旦落枕時,只要將你的腳抬起來!把大腳姆指給掰開來,慢慢的以順時或逆時的方向按摩旋轉,則您的落枕,將獲得最大的修復。

如果發覺腳姆指肌肉緊繃,那表示您的脖子兒扭傷了,得要上醫院看看久未碰面的醫生。

** 記住,左腳管左邊,右腳是管右邊,經常按摩,將直接或間接地疏緩您
頸項的肌力,有助於預防您脖子的傷害。尤其是你 ( 妳 ) 們老坐在電腦前面辦公一定要經常按摩唷 !!