Originally Posted by ian

I have pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder as well.
What would I do? I would not have gone to the picnic in the first place, and I would have refused to play baseball. I think you made a mistake for doing that while on workers compensation, so I would just accept that you made a bad decision.
Definitely not the answer you wanted to hear I know, but you live and learn.
I wouldnt take what they said too seriously either. People always talk about others at work behind their back, that is normal, I would only be annoyed if it was a good personal friend who did that.