Sep 23 2008
Pulled Muscles
My son came home from school yesterday and said he had pulled a muscle in his neck/shoulder area. I had him rest and put ice packs on it. He is also taking Advil for the pain. From everything I’ve read this is the protocol.
If he’s not better within 48 hours I’ll take him to the doctor. I’ve researched pulled muscles and the above is what I found as treatment. He said it was better this morning, although still not well. That’s to be expected though. I was just glad he had more range of motion and less pain. He took another Advil before going to school.
We may take him to the doctor anyway just to be sure everything is ok. He said he’s going to ask the school sports doctor to look at it when he goes to gym class. I wrote him a note asking that he be excused from weight lifting today. He sure doesn’t need to be using the area.
I really hope he gets better soon. It hurts me when he’s in pain! Are y’all that way with your children? I believe most parents are. We’ve been lucky that he’s never had any broken bones or bad illnesses. He did have the flu last year and that was pretty bad. Otherwise, this is the worst thing.
Wish him luck, y’all!
