A haiku for my back

Five days later and my back is starting to feel a little closer to normal after The Stooping Incident. I have written a haiku to help remember this less-than-cherished event.

This Back of Mine

Bending down and zap
Pain and the old man shuffle
Stupid random back

Happy Easter! Bonus: My sore back, Day 2

I find myself distracted on this Easter Sunday by my back. Sleeping with the pulled muscles last night was not as bad I had expected, with it only being an issue when I wanted to roll over. Starting the rollover motion was a bit of a pain (ho ho). I tried to just lay on my back but when I’m awake I’m like a shark, I need to keep moving. Tonight I plan on having my brain and back discuss this and come to an agreement of sorts that will minimize anything that will hurt.

Putting my socks on this morning was also not the most fun thing I did today but by afternoon I was well enough to walk to the store. I sometimes even had it slip my mind that my back was sore at all. I am skeptical about being ready to run tomorrow, but hope springs eternal and all that.

In the meantime, peeps are still weird*.

* Easter-related content

The perils of bending

This afternoon I noticed a splotch on the kitchen tile. Rather than bring out the handy Swiffer mop to clean up such a minor scuff, I broke out the spray cleaner from under the kitchen sink and gave it a few blasts.

Something funny happened when I stooped to put the cleaner back under the sink and by funny I mean ‘extremely painful’. I felt a sudden jolt of pain shoot through my lower back. I spent the next hour or so feeling very sore and rather immobile. Tonight, three Advil later, I am still sore but a lot more mobile. I am hoping that a good night’s rest will help heal the ol’ back muscles to where they were before this unexpected and unwanted event occurred.

I don’t recall doing anything that may have led to my back suddenly spasming like this (or whatever it was) so I’m also hoping this doesn’t happen again any time soon. Or ever.