Ouch!

I have managed to do something to my back.  I fell down the back steps last week and landed on all fours without too much damage....or so I thought.  I bruised my left knee and wrist which healed really quickly but now I am having these increasingly painful spasms in my lower left back.

I had one as I was bathing the children last night and it took 10 minutes before I felt it start to ease.  So I drove home and immediately filled the bath....ahhh a good soak in the bath was what I thought I needed.

I got in alright but couldn't get out! Twenty minutes later with much yelping and gritting of teeth I managed to haul myself out. By then the bath had gone cold so I was shivering like mad which didn't help the pain as I was trying my hardest to stay still. It took me ages to just get down the stairs to fill the hottie bottle - less to get up again and get into bed with the hottie on my back. I turned on BBC 7 to listen to a story and woke up 2 hours later. I removed the now warm hottie and noticed the pain had gone - turned off the radio and woke again at 8 am!

I knew I needed some serious sleep cos I have been doing some nights as well in the last week.  My intention today was to get the Christmas shopping done and be ahead of the game but no such luck.  

Sitting on the loo I turned to get the loo roll and bam! another spasm.  So some serious pain relief and yoga back exercises are on the menu today.