Camping…Ugh!
Went camping with the family two nights ago. We have a family size tent and I have a 4″ thick foam pad to sleep on. I fell asleep OK, but woke up at about 4:30AM with a pain/stiffness in my lower back. So I got up, took a long walk, and then (quietly) started a fire for coffee and pancakes for the rest.
The stiffness and soreness persisted, even after taking a few ibuprofens at about 9AM. So I am thinking this was not an inflammation pinching a nerve, but just simply some stiffness. It was extremely damp – dew was forming on the trees and falling off like rain. In fact, I thought it was raining while sleeping in the tent. Would the dampness cause this? At any rate, the stiffness went away by early afternoon, and last night I slept fine back at home.
Our friends camped in a pop-up camper in nice dry beds well off the ground. Now I know why.