Whew. When to take a time out.

Hard week. Work got extremely busy and I think I may have overdone it on Sunday and Monday at the gym. Took Tuesday off and went for a benchmark on Wednesday and I just had no juice in the tank. Also, one of my guys called in sick so I was stuck doing two jobs. Started at 8:00 am and didn't leave the second site until 11:00 pm. All hands and knees. I was wrecked Thursday and still had lots to do. So I'd say I had overdone it a bit.
When even the warm up starts getting the warning bells pinging as your muscles don't seem to be cooperating and the pain is not letting up, then you know it is time to schedule in some active recovery. It is not a bad thing to take time out and focus on getting the energy levels back up and let the body have some time to recuperate. When you first start Crossfit, it is very important to give your body that rest. As you become more accustomed to the demands, it is good to ramp up the number of workouts per week, the weight, and the intensity. But you need to listen to your body otherwise it is easy to start tweaking muscles and connective tissue. So the mental learning curve has to include self awareness and patience. The self awareness is to know when something in your body needs to be nursed and catered to. The patience is the skill to give yourself the time to let that happen. It is easy to get frustrated or rush back to do a WOD before you are ready and that can set you back even further.
Before Christmas, I was injured at work and developed a serious abdominal tear. Right before my affiliates Fight Gone Bad fundraiser. I was very upset. It took three months to get back on track. At that point, I started pushing to hard and injured myself again. So for another three weeks, I was sidelined with a back injury. Therefore, patience is a virtue...not easily learned.
Take time for yourself outside of training and work. read some books, watch a cool show, hang out with friends. Rest in a positive environment. Also, you can include somatic, physio, chiro, and massage/acupuncture visits as well. All these treatments can help you get over acute injuries faster, and nurse chronic issues back to health.