Yes, it did help a bit, I have also booked a gentle neck and shoulder massage with a neighbour of mine for Monday morning. As she only lives two doors down, it is not far for me to return home and immediately relax.
I am beginning to wonder if I am now caught in a viscious circle, not moving much and then getting stiff shoulders etc, causing more pain, then moving less. One of the pain killers makes me feel sick and woozy headed, the other one makes my (normally very mild) asthma much worse.
It does not help that it is too cold at night for the cat to be out all night, like he usually is, this means he either wakes me up at three in the morning to go out, (if he is in) or vice versa. He is not normally a noisy cat, but he excels himself at that time of the night.