Tweaked my neck pressing, now it hurts to swallow

[mikeylikey]

For whatever reason, my press did not go well yesterday. I got 5,4,3 @ 127.5 lbs. Not a lot of weight around here but it would have been a PR.

Anyway, on that 3rd set, trying to grind out one more rep, I think I tweaked something in my neck. Didn't hurt right away but within a couple of hours my neck was very stiff and sore, and now it actually hurts to swallow. Not like a sore throat hurts, more like a muscular pain, between my larynx and my spine.

I'm not so much worried about it as I am intrigued, as this is a new one for me. Anybody else ever had this happen?

I guess in theory it could have happened deadlifting too, as a side note.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Hi Mike,

it happened to me, I think actually more than once. I also had big trouble getting up in the morning. No, not in the usual sense, but literally; I had to put a hand round the back of my head in order to lift.

Nothing to worry about, just leave it alone for a couple of days, and when you exercise let the pain be your guide.

Hope this helps.

IPB

[fustuarium]

Yep. More than once as well. When it still hurts on the next pressing session it became pretty obvious why. It'll feel OK for the first few sets and then on a set that's getting near to failure and form is sloppy, I was kind of shoving my chin forward and overextending in a desperate attempt to get under the bar.