MarkInIdaho,

My Worker's Comp. is still in the first stage where I am in the process of gathering my medical records to send to the state.
Thank you for your suggestions for evaluating neck care and posture. I did take your advice and change my sleep position, and it seems to have somewhat helped. Do you recommend any neck exercises in the mean time, or should I simply wait until I can see a PT/chiro/etc.?
As far as returning to skateboarding goes, I couldn't agree with you more. Though the notion of leaving skateboarding for good has been the cause of much grief, I don't feel at all inclined to "roll the dice" with regards to my head/body after this is through. Though I'd also like to stay as far away from restaurants as possible, or anywhere in which tense people wield heavy objects in a fast paced work environment.