Injured and Working Out

Injured?

     Working out my not be in your best interest. Even though it may set you back a week or two, injuries are very serious. This past week I have been recovering from a major back/shoulder/neck pain. The pain actually started around the beginning of March and I continued to push myself through workouts. The pain wasn't getting better but is wasn't getting worse either. I didn't know what was going on? I was naive and just thought I was getting sore from my workouts like I normally did but for some reason this time I was a little more sore. As the pain persisted I kept working out through it. Finally, one Tuesday, in the middle of March I was working out chest which stretches a lot of the area that was 'sore'. Throughout the workout the pain was getting worse and worse. By the end of the workout my injury hurt so bad that I couldn't turn my neck to the right or look up and left. After trying to stretch everything out and crack my back to align it, I knew something was up and that I had really hurt myself. Since that day I haven't done any lifting and have just been resting and waiting to heal. 

     Moral of the story is, if you are injured or hurt, it is better to wait and rest up before you jump back into things because it may set you back further if you don't. Learn from my experience and don't hurt yourself even more than you already are!

Be safe and lift with a spotter!