Stupid being mortal

Say you pulled an immortant muscle in your arm and now you can't even take your shirt off w/ out pain.

Anybody have any suggestions to make it heal faster?

heat

Also I would think it would be good to drink as much water as possible. And the reason I think that is because a dance instructor of mine would always tell us to drink a lot of water before and after performances because it helps the muscles to stretch (or something like that). So I'm theorizing that it might help them to heal from being stretched too much, too. But Parallax's answer sounds far more medically credible. 😛 Feel better...

i dont know about the arm, but i pulled something in my shoulder memorial day weekend kayaking and i felt that for a month.

Could it be a dislocated joint or rotator cuf?

hey cj7 - I myself had a wonderful kayaking experience the other day...isn't it the best? I really wouldn't mind becomming a professional kayaker!!! I'm glad your shoulder is feeling much better.

Morgan, that happened to me a very long time ago. I was unable to take my shirt off and I was in the worst pain..had to go to the emergency room where they cut my shirt off and put tens units on my muscles. I was under stress at the time..cause a vertabrae to sublexate and then the muscle to tense up. I had to get rid of the stress before I could truly heal -- I am hoping that yours is not that bad!!!

Keep us posted~

Thanks for the advice everybody...

It wasn't as bad as that Freebird, thankfully. I didn't go to the emergency room, but I'm having an aweful time trying to extend my arm all the way or lift it up past my shoulder.

I think it's getting worse... There is just absolutely no comfortable way to sleep. Hense everymorning it feels worse than the last. Blah.

freebird- yeah i really like getting out on the water, and theres tons of it in florida. i had to get a knife though to strap on my leg, the only thing that freaks me out are alligators, and we have tons of them too. its a sit-on top so theres really no feeling of protection. for some reason, in saltwater i dont really think about the sharks, but i bring the knife anyway.lol

Hope you feel better. But hey, I was checking out your xanga blog and can you give me the link to that bg music?
Although I think 'the real folk blues' is more favorable 🙂

Hey yah, I'm feeling better now.

http://realsoftweb.com/muses/cowboy% 20bebob/

That link is to an index of mp3's... it's all of the songs on the sound track, so you can pick you favorite 🙂

Thank you!!!!111111111