Zendo Deb (www):
I once slept "funny" and woke up with my whole left side in muscle spasms from having pulled the muscles in my shoulder, back, and side. It was days before I could move my arm without pain.

The best I can figure is that during a nightmare I moved quickly and overstrechted the muscle group. I thought I had dislocated my shoulder when I woke up, but the stiffness in the following days was definitely muscle strain.

I recommend a gin and tonic - stricly for medicinal purposes - to ease the pain
12.29.2005 9:02pm
jane m:
If the swelling doesn't go down, please have it checked out. You may have a pinched nerve or even a blood clot cutting off circulation.
12.30.2005 12:33am
robert (mail):
I don`t know what is it, but "gin and tonic" - it is very good idea:)

SZCZESLIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU !!!!!

P.S. Jane M !!!! Hello!!! Nice to meet you again:) Happy New Year !!!
12.30.2005 3:31am
Tim_the_Soldier (mail):
It's a little something called "the aging process," you may have to get used to it ;-)
12.30.2005 10:01am
Ara Rubyan (www):
I think not. I've woken up with a sore neck/shoulder from "sleeping too hard."

The weird bruising is something more extreme.

You should have it checked out Rose.
12.30.2005 10:13am
Rhianna (mail) (www):
Hhhhmmmm, I'd have said a bite of some type with the color change and swelling. I'd advise you to have it checked out too. It could be an indication of something far worse than sleeping on it wrong.
12.30.2005 7:19pm
Bostonian:
See a doctor. It could be an infection due to some kind of bite or something that got into a scratch.
12.30.2005 7:49pm
jane m:
Robert

"SZCZESLIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU !!!!! " and hello to you too!!!

May you and all Poles have a happy and prosperous year 2006!
12.30.2005 8:35pm
double-plus-ungood (mail) (www):
And this is where I kick into first aid mode. Did the whole wrist hurt, or was it a burning pain that shot into the forearm? When it was swollen and hurting, did you hear or have the sensation of creaking when you moved your arm? Were you doing any kind of activity with that hand that you aren't used to? Is the bruising in any particular area?

And yes, you should go to a clinic just to be sure that it isn't a sign of something that might repeat or get worse.
12.31.2005 1:31am
Paul Burgess (www):
A couple of times I've wrenched a knee, no idea how or exactly when it happened— no bruising, though. The knee is a dickens, because it can take weeks to recuperate. Talking with other people, I find the mysterious knee wrench is a not uncommon phenomenon.

A few months ago, I also found my left foot sore, feeling wrenched, with no obvious cause or precipitating incident; there was some bruising on the insole and inside of the ankle. This passed over in just a couple of days. My left foot is my "bad ankle" foot, tore the ankle up at age 15 and it never healed properly: foot has a tendency to "land stupid" when I'm walking and cause mishaps, etc. But in this instance I couldn't remember anything that caused the wrenching.
12.31.2005 8:45am
vickie (mail):
Sounds like a spider bite to me. The recluse spider bite gives off those same symptoms.
1.1.2006 8:40pm
FormerRepub (mail):
I agree with the spider bite theory.

The Brown Recluse is pretty poisonous, though, so it was probably a less virulent type.

Ron
1.2.2006 8:24pm