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throbbing head pain
by JiNxXx, May 28, 2007 12:00AM
was doing some push ups after my wieight lifting exercises 2 nights ago, and all of a sudden the back of my head near my spinal cord begins to rage out in fury. i get a severe throbbing pain back there and i was literally unable to feel anything for about 30 seconds.
i crawled onto my bed clenching my head from the pain. it stopped after about a minute of extreme pain and subsided into mild pain.
but now i have had this pain in the back of my head for about 2 days now and it is really annoying and worrying to me.
yesterday i did weights again at the gym, and i found that i coulnd't lift anything due to the pain returning when i tried to do simple bar curls.
so really what is wrong and what should i be doing right now??
thanks
i crawled onto my bed clenching my head from the pain. it stopped after about a minute of extreme pain and subsided into mild pain.
but now i have had this pain in the back of my head for about 2 days now and it is really annoying and worrying to me.
yesterday i did weights again at the gym, and i found that i coulnd't lift anything due to the pain returning when i tried to do simple bar curls.
so really what is wrong and what should i be doing right now??
thanks
Member Comments (2)
by vega1318, Jun 02, 2007 12:00AM
You should go to the hospital and tell them about this episode. They may need to check you for a bleed -- if all is ok, it may be a bad muscle spasm. But don't take your chances.
by joesi, Jun 03, 2007 12:00AM
Since the intense pain subsided after about two minutes and it's been two days with no other problems, it would seem to me that it was a muscle spasm due to your workout. It's happened to me. What I found that helped me was to greatly reduce the intensity of my workout for about a week or two. No push-ups but lots of stretching. Reduce the weight you are lifting. Lets say you can normally curl a 50 pound bar for 3 sets of 8. Drop the weight to say 20 pounds or less even. Do 3 sets of 15 to 20 maybe. Change your entire workout in this fashion for a week or two and then see if you can build the weights back up without further pain.
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