Limitations

Shoulder/Neck = 1
Nicku = 0

I have a funky spot in my shoulder and neck.  It's like a weird knot, that flares up every now and again, pressing on nerves that it shouldnt.  Things that irritate most are generally things that I do with my horse such as:  hooking up my trailer, picking up heavy, awkward things like tack boxes, hay bales, grain bags and water buckets, reaching up really high and riding too hard

It comes as no surprise, since I did ALL of those things, MULTIPLE times last weekend, that my shoulder/neck gremlin was extremely disenchanted with me this week.  Not terribly fussy, but just grumbling a bit in defiance to the abuse.  That was until Friday...when he snapped, literally.  My little shoulder gremlin threw a full fledged tantrum, akin to someone sticking a raging hot knife into my back out of freaking nowhere as I was trotting around minding my own business at dark o' clock.

I doubled over in the saddle and instantly felt nauseated from the pain.  Praying it would stop or resolve, I sat there curled up on top of my horse breathing like  a woman in labor.  The pain subsided to a tolerable, yet still totally heinous level and I walked Pongo around a bit more.  I tried to pick the canter back up, but felt like it would be wise to call it a day...and then call my chiropractor.

 I saw my chiro, he thinks I've pinched a nerve and told me I was ridiculously out of alignment to boot through my cervical spine.  I am hoping to get in to see my primary care physician...I want to really understand what is going on here.  I'll do WHATEVER needs to be done to NEVER feel that pain again.

Today I'm doing a bit better, more stiff than anything else.  We were supposed to go to the Hunter Pace with Marissa and Claire, but when I woke up this morning I KNEW the right thing to do was to give my body one more day to heal up.  Even just carrying my purse (granted, it weighs as much as a small child or lap dog) apparently agitated the gremlin.

Fortunately my sister was coming for a little visit, so I told her to bring her breeches!  She gave Pongo a great dressage school for me.  I admire her skill with horses.  She hadnt ridden in over a year and just got on him and put him to work.  She hasnt really seriously ridden in several years.  She's just one of those people who has a natural feel. She's a true horsewoman and rider who is meant to be on an equine, I hope she gets back into it in some way, shape or form someday.

I scheduled a jump lesson tomorrow with Ann, so hopefully I'm feeling all good and ready to rock!  I hate physical limitations.  I'm not used to them.  I've never really suffered any true physical issues besides this pesky shoulder, and I'm not liking it one bit.