Went to try out a capoeira club yesterday and had a really good time! Its close to where I live and everything so I think this could be the club I finally get settled with here in Oslo. However, stupid little man that I am I didn't stretch my neck muscles and ended up doing something to my neck when we where doing head stands.

It only hurts when I bend my neck in a certain manner or when I move my neck to fast, so I doubt its anything to do with the vertebrae, I'm guessing at a torn muscle. Anyway I was wondering, does anyone here have any tips on how to speed up the recovery of such an injury?

I'm guessing at a torn muscle.

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear you have injured yourself.

I'm no expert but my guess would be that you have bruised a ligament. In that case, it is Ipruprofin and a warm hot water bottle to keep the area supple and rest.

My biggest advice would be to visit your physio as it sounds like a job for him/her. Those sorts of injuries can be tricky and best left to the expert.

Ok, I think I'll wait a while before visiting the physio to see if it might just go away on its own, but the hot water bottle sounds good

Dont go to sleep on it though!

Hehe, I'll make sure to remember that!

Anyway its feeling a good deal better today, I'm hopeful it'll be good enough for another capoeira session on monday as long as I'm careful.