So today was my first day of work at a grocery store pushing carts and bagging groceries. I only got 3 hours of sleep. I should get 6-10. I couldn't sleep due to the heat last night. It had everyone up in my house. I managed to fall asleep and then wake up three hours later.
Everything seemed to go fairly smoothly, and by 4 hours my legs began to hurt like a 2 hour hike kind of leg ache. Then once 5 hours hit, it started to hurt a lot more. By 7 hours I felt like crying, and the muscles in my legs actually felt like they were going to burst, and my toes felt like they were bleeding.
Do you think my legs got so weak so fast because of my lack of sleep? I mean, I've worked before, but today was also cheque day where I live in Canada, so the mass of people buying groceries and using carts blew my mind.
Was it just a LOT of work, or lack of sleep?
I don't want to sound whiney, or lazy, because I don't think this a bad job or anything.
2007-07-16 07:03:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It was alot of work. Think about it. For the week previous to your first day, did you do as much activity each day as you did your first work day? Probably not. Also, you use different muscles to do different jobs. Pushing grocery carts doesn't sound like much, but when you have 20 of them in a line and are pushing that, it is a big strain on the body. Soak in a tub with epsom salts, try to get more sleep, take a tylenol if you need to for the pain.
2007-07-16 07:12:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think lack of sleep made it worse and perhaps tension because it was your first day of work. You may have been tensing your muscles without even realizing it. The first time I drove on the interstate my arms hurt so bad later that night that I could not sleep much. I know driving is not hard work and I was in good condition.
2007-07-16 14:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by pennypincher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋