About a year ago, maybe a bit more, I started getting some pain in my right shoulder. Initially, nothing serious, more annoying than anything. But as time went on the pain would sometimes get worse. Eventually it began to affect my work. Lifting my right arm upwards or outwards would invariably cause this pain. I began having to think about what I was doing to try and avoid causing this annoying discomfort. I’d describe the pain as a dull aching, although sometimes quite sharp if I moved the arm too quickly.
I’m also a right side sleeper, but as all my weight was on that side, and I’d often feel pain in the night or in the morning, I tried to sleep on my back or on my left side to give my right shoulder some relief. Well, once asleep our bodies have a mind of their own, and thus, the pain didn’t go away.
I just carried on, and went with the low effort ignore it and it should go away approach. To be fair, it didn’t really get any worse (or better) so I ignored it as best I could.
A Surprising Turn of Events
A few weeks ago, the missus and I decided to watch the brilliant TV show, Chernobyl. When we’re watching a series, we’ll usually munch on some biscuits, nuts, popcorn etc. We had a couple of rather large bags of pistachios in the pantry so thought we’d eat them until finished (over the course of a few nights).
I think it was about a week later, I said to the other half:
“That’s weird. My shoulder isn’t hurting…”
Nothing. No pain.
By this time, we’d finished watching Chernobyl and were into series one of Landman. The only thing that sprang to mind as being out of routine recently were the pistachios!
So if you’re having some discomfort, give a bag of pistachios a try. Personally, I’d probably eat about thirty of them per sitting, but I reckon a handful eaten daily should suffice.
