I always joke that I never want a massage because my neck and shoulder muscles are so tight all the time that a massage would just make me realize its not normal.

To a large degree that’s true. I’ve had girlfriends give me massages to various degrees of success in the past, but to a large degree its not worth my time. It’s a short term and doesn’t usually work well. I like my massages to be ridiculously hard and deep. A small light massage doesn’t do anything for me.

So on days when I feel particularly sore like today I’m at a loss. I crack my neck a lot on days like this and thanks to the small of my back I’m sitting with near perfect posture. I’m going to take a bath and pull out the rice warming pad and hope that takes away the ache.