I'm an old lady!

So Thursday morning I woke up, snoozed my alarm a few times, and then when it was time to get up, I turned my head.  I didn't turn it too quickly or anything, but the back of my head/neck popped really loud and really hard.  It freaked me out.  It was kind of that hit your elbow feeling.  I've had that before when I've turned my head too quickly, but the pain usually doesn't last long.  Well, I was laying in bed for about 40 minutes with my head turned to the left, and I couldn't turn it or even sit up because my neck hurt so badly.  So I cried a lot and called me mom.  She came over and brought me some breakfast and made me an appointment with a chiropractor.  I had to wait until after 2 to go, though, because that was the earliest they could get me in. 

I don't think I've ever been adjusted at the chiropractor before, and it was a bit startling and scary when he yanked my head and my neck popped like six times.  And then he did it again.  It was rather unpleasant.  He said I have torticollis.  It's something to do with my neck muscles being all stiff and my head being stuck turned to one side.  It sucks.  Also, my left leg is also slightly shorter than my right one.  And my back is all crazy, so he adjusted that too.

Anyway, that night I hardly slept because the pain was horrible again, and laying down seemed to make it worse, but I was sooo tired!

I went back for a follow-up today, and he yanked my head around some more (ouch) and I got some electromagnetic therapy again.  That didn't hurt.  And since some of the muscles in my back are so tense, he said he needed to basically tear them a bit.  Yeah, that was fun.  Anywho, I'm finally starting to feel a bit better, and I can turn my head all the way to the right!  I'm thinking I may be able to drive tomorrow! Woohoo!  Hopefully I can sleep tonight, and hopefully sleep won't make it worse.  He said he really thinks I should be 70 percent better tomorrow.