The only reason I got concerned about it in the first place was because I felt like it flared my symptoms up, but that could be the anxiety. When I asked him about it today he said it was a friendly pat, not really a push, though it was firm. So maybe I just overestimated it.

I didn't really wake up with a stiff neck different than any other day, I've been having neck pain since my concussion anyhow. I did have sort of sore shoulders I noticed, though that could be from my 30-min run yesterday. I do get shoulder pain from running sometimes. Plus it was the 2nd time I've run in a week after not having run for 5 months.

Thanks Mark.