Thanks for your message! When I read your words about more recovery time, that rang a bell, that felt right to me. I need to allow myself to heal between workouts instead of just following the instructions on websites and youtube videos.

I think the stabbing may be failure to stretch-when I turn my head, the muscles are too tight, and so it stabs. My surgeries were cranial (through the skull, to fix vertigo) and the last one was 2 years ago, so I'm pretty sure the pain isn't related to them.

I want this enough to keep going, and the support I've gotten in these comments is really helping.