January 22, 2010

Spraining a Chest Muscle - Who Knew?



Yesterday during my massage I felt slightly uncomfortable. There was a slight pain in my chest when I was face down, like I was lying on something. Not very nice when somebody is applying the maximum pressure possible I can tell you. Slowly during the night it got worse. I got the helping of Tiger Balm from the minibar (yes, no idea why it was there...) and starting rubbing it in.

Today when I woke up I could hardly use my right arm for anything more than typing. Some web research later I decided I have a sprained chest muscle (pectoralis major) and that is bloody inconvenient. The treatment is rest. Now that I can do. However, tomorrow I must travel to Koh Samui and there will be lots of lifting of heavy bags, most likely the cause of the injury to begin with... I can only hope it will be better tomorrow.

By the way, did you know that shower caps filled with ice work perfectly as an ice pack?

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