I'm in awful shape. My neck and shoulders are a mess. I'm pretty sure I understand the cause: since my neck is weak, I tend to sit at the computer with my elbow on the desk and my hand supporting my chin. This posture puts such a strain on my neck and shoulder muscles that they've gone into spasm. The spasm has caused muscles pulls, too. Plus (no one can deny I'm an idiot--don't even bother) I fell over with my walker on Sunday, as I was riding it around a parking lot, and I don't think that helped, though I didn't notice neck pain until the next day.

I'm doing heat for the spasms and ibuprofen in large doses for the pain and inflammation. Any other hints? I'm scared to take a muscle relaxant like Valium (diazepam). It doesn't seem to be on the "forbidden for myasthenics" list, but really, now--I'm going to take a drug that I know will make my muscles weak and unresponsive? That sounds even dumber than riding on my walker to me. But I am a wreck, here--not sleeping, nauseous from the headaches my neck pain is causing...any suggestions? Thanks.

Abby