I’ve not been able to train for a while because I injured my neck doing flips onto the crash mat, and is pissing me off to put it mildly. I’ve trained hard for 4 years to become a black belt, and when I finally achieve my goal, I can’t take part in the classes!! I’ve damaged my neck (C4/C5) and I have radiating pain into the arm, neck, shoulders. Quite often, my fingers and right hand goes numb, and I suffer muscle weakness in my arm. So even if I want to have a drink to drown my sorrows, I’d probably just drop it!

And the prognosis is, that I need to rest, and take loads of painkillers until the swelling subsides and stops putting pressure on the nerves. The Solpadol tablets I’m taking are very good, but they knock you senseless, and I’ll be glad to get off them.

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