I wouldn't recommend trying to lick your elbow or you'll put the neck out as well.
I'm sure if a pig lay down and rolled over on its side it could see the sky, if it really wanted to. Someone said that even when you are lying in the gutter you can see the stars.
The worst time I ever put my back out it wasn't strenuous work. I just bent down to stroke a cat, and I was transfixed rigid. The rest of the week I was flat on my back, with that horrible feeling that maybe it would stay that way.
Well, it won't - but when you're back on your feet, Áine, go easy on the things like stroking cats as well as the digging. Easy does it.