Alternate ice and heat for a day, is my rule. And after all these years, it works. twice a day 20 minutes of ice, and tiny tiny movements of the head and shoulders. I'm talkin' millimeters. Helps me figure out what exactly hurts when I see someone.

As for bomb threat, wow, I thought those went out in the 1980s when I was a kid. Yikes!

Irony is my neck has been hurting me since yesterday. I think I slept funny on the pillow. I used a heating pad and then had to take pain pills. I often use Salonpas small patches on my spine at the base of my neck. Sounds great about the chiropractor's treatment for bladder. So glad it worked for you. Coffee both irritates the kidneys making more urine and the bladder making it need to go often.

hasty, that's odd about your neck too! I went to the gym after work for a hydromassage but I can't say it helped. However, I am at the laundromat so I did some lifting. Leo, I'll have to try alternating ice and heat. Yeah, the bomb threats are ancient history or so we thought. We had another lockdown today for over an hour because of another threat. I almost fell asleep in the faculty lounge until teachers came in to use the bathroom. hasty, I am a coffee hound. I was going to get one to bring with me but I just filled my water bottle at the gym.

i'm another who alternates heat and cold for muscle pain. if one doesn't seem to be helping, i switch to the other. i keep two hot/cold packs on hand for that very purpose. for neck and shoulder pain, i find the packs designed for that spot make a big diff.

have you tried kratom for the pain medication? it helps my arthritis a bunch with no other side effects which i have spotted.

it never occurred to me that bomb threats are out of fashion. old enough to be new? my main note it that here in my second parenting career the school security is so tight that i am never sure if i am visiting elementary students or prison inmates. i want to cry for the clerks, etc., who seem to spend more time learning new security measures than caring for children.

childcare has changed quite radically since the 80/90's when the dumbest of people were still smarter than phones.

side wonder
where does superman change his clothes now that all the phone booths are gone?

Hope your day is much better on Wednesday. Also praying your neck feels better. Please take better care (hug)

That kind of neck pain can cause the worst headaches. I rub a magnesium hemp cream on my neck I ordered from Amazon. But massages work the best!

I hope you feel better soon.

Those 40 pound bags of salt are no joke! I used to help by father bring them from the garage to the basement of the house. Now he lives in a condo, so no more 40 pound bags of salt. Take care of yourself. I have a massage scheduled for Friday. Looking forward to it. Today I was anxious all day, probably because I was working from home and felt cooped up, and my whole body is tense.