Taken out by a Shampoo bowl

[Sky King]

Okay, help! Yesterday I got my hair cut. While at the shampoo bowl (I hate those things) the stylist put a deep conditioner on and had me sit there for five minutes with my neck in the dang neck yoke on the bowl. Last night and this morning, I have this irritating pain from my neck going down my right shoulder. Ideas? I will put some heat on it and take some ibuprofen, hope it feels okay to ride tonight!

[zoom-zoom]

I get this ALL the time...from a certain 4-legged furbaby who insists upon stealing my pillow and pushing my head off to a bad angle.

Since this cat is my hubby's "baby," I make my hubby give me a good neck/shoulder rub. I've thought about getting one of the Homedics shiatsu neck massagers, too, since this happens with such great frequency. So much so that I have a really hard time turning my head to the right to look for traffic while running or a few spots on the MUP that come out at a funny angle to the street.

This pain/stiffness can hang around for the better part of a week, FYI.

[Owlie]

Just yesterday I did something to my neck/shoulder, thanks to a combination of computer use and a poorly placed backpack strap.

A hot shower and gentle stretching seem to have done the trick for right now...

[indysteel]

Heat's likely to just make it worse. I'd ice it instead.

[ny biker]

I hate those shampoo bowls. Such an uncomfortable position, there's usually bright lights shining directly into my eyes. I always tell them to just wet my hair because I just washed it.

[OakLeaf]

Ow. Those things are terrible.

Since it was hyperextension that hurt your neck, does it help to relax it into flexion (just let your chin drop toward your chest with everything relaxed)?