I’ve been getting these terrible headaches lately everytime I exert myself. First one was last friday 3 sets into my workout during a bench press…next one was last Sunday during lunges. I finished both routines but they seem to be getting worse, anything that gets my heart rate up sets this off. They’ve gotten terrible enough that I’m not sure I can do my workout tonight although I’ll try.
My diet’s been straight massive eating and the only new thing to my diet is Biotest M and creatine (I’d used creatine a year ago with no problems whatsoever). I’ve cut them both out as of Monday…
Maybe you sprained a muscle in the neck area. When I get headaches (I get migraines sometimes) it almost always seems to be preceeded by stiff neck muscles (caused internally). One time I aggravated a neck muscle, and for about two weeks it felt like I was going to get a migraine, just because that muscle gave me a stiff neck.
I’ve on occasion, experienced the same thing. The last time was after an insane leg workout, I had a headache for a few days that would return whenever I would lift even with a moderate intensity.
I always suspected that it was a mild aneurism, but dwelling on that notion always freaked me out.
Do you take pre-workout stimulants: Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Caffeine. Do you use tobacco?
Do you have enlarged lymph nodes?
Try stretching the neck muscles before working out.
I sometimes got these from heavy deadlifts, Goodmornings and sometimes other exercises where the core was under pressure. If I felt them coming on, if I went and took 2 advil and waited 15 minutes it always prevented it. It might have been a placebo, I don’t know.
I got these a couple months ago doing heavy squats. Then every day after that when I would lift I would get them. I just had to take a week off and they went away. Also if someone hasn’t already mentioned it. Check your blood pressure.
Went to the Doctor who did a blood/piss test (this had me worried that I’d fail the kidney test cause I’m on creatine)
Got lectured to by friends and family about the “dangers of a high protein diet”
Passed all the tests the Doctor gave me with no problems.
He thinks it’s a Sinus infection and that it’s simply creating intra-cranial pressure which give me headaches when I lift cause of even more increased pressure.
He put me on anti-biotics and told me if I don’t feel better in a week I’d need an MRI.
He also advised me to “take it easy in the gym”.
I’m not too sure how “easy” I’m going to take it though…
[quote]Watson2K5 wrote:
Thought I’d update incase anyone’s interested:
Went to the Doctor who did a blood/piss test (this had me worried that I’d fail the kidney test cause I’m on creatine)
Got lectured to by friends and family about the “dangers of a high protein diet”
Passed all the tests the Doctor gave me with no problems.
He thinks it’s a Sinus infection and that it’s simply creating intra-cranial pressure which give me headaches when I lift cause of even more increased pressure.
He put me on anti-biotics and told me if I don’t feel better in a week I’d need an MRI.
He also advised me to “take it easy in the gym”.
I’m not too sure how “easy” I’m going to take it though…[/quote]
Again, if your using ANY stimulants it can mimic the symptoms of a sinus infection.
yeah i got these really bad one time, and basically had to stop doing any exercises for a month. the pain was throbbing in my temple and in the left side of my head all the way down to behind my ear at the base of my skull.
i laid off for a while after unsuccessfully trying to work around it.
very very scary, i went in for an MRI and everything, but nothing came up. it just went away on its own.
i guess what i’m trying to say is don’t try to work around it and stop lifting for a while. this was very frustrating to me, but it was well worth it, as pain that can put you to your knees in your head cannot be a good thing.