this is a ‘hands’ update, so feel free to skip if you aren’t interested..

on the recommendation of the lovely man who did my carpel tunnel tests, I got a recommendation for a chiropractor and had my first appointment on Thursday evening.  After avery comprehensive question session, I was assessed for my posture (“surprisingly good”) and she found a few points that weren’t ‘right’ – including a slight kink in my upper back, a rightwards ‘twist’ in my neck, inflammation in the tendons in the palm of my hands and ridiculous amounts of tension in my forearms. (hardly surprising giving I’ve been ‘holding’ my hands in a particular way for 6 months).

So, she prodded and assessed and did a couple of popping and twisting of joints and I have my second appointment on Thursday this week. She made a point of telling me we were going to take it easy and she had done a couple of ‘minor’ adjustments – but that my body is so full of inflammation that even those might cause a lot of pain over the next few days.

Friday morning I ached in my hands and wrists (but I expected that) – but by Friday evening my hands hurt, but so did a point in my right shoulder blade.  By Saturday evening I couldn’t turn my head and moving my right arm resulted in crippling, immobilising pain.  Last night was ‘interesting’ in terms of getting into bed and getting any sleep – but I finially managed to find a position which wasn’t awfully painful and got some kip.  This morning I’m aware I need to be slow and cautious in my movements, but it’s not a 1/4 as bad as it was… fingers crossed!