Headaches revisited

[indysteel]

Wahine, very interesting. I know nothing about TCM, but I am open to your suggestions in that regard.

In yoga, we often talk about poses that unblock this and that. Are you aware of any poses I could do that might help do some unblocking?

[indysteel]

For all of you playing along at home, I got a headache again after yesterday's ride, but not after Saturday's.

Just a few details: Saturday's ride was fit in between rain storms and was pretty leisurely because it was so wet out. I think we ended up doing about 37 miles at a pretty easy pace. It was warm out, but not overly sunny. I drank a recocvery drink after the ride and then ate a big dinner.

Sunday's ride was A LOT harder. I ate my usual pre-ride meal (and was famished I might add after about the 5th mile). It was sunny, but not quite as warm as it was on Saturday. I ended up doing 49 miles, which wouldn't have been that hard, but the winds were gusting to 30mph. It was rather intense at times.

I drank another recovery drink after the ride and then had a sizeable lunch. As with last week, the headache started about 3-4 hours after the ride ended. Same degree, type and location. This time, I took my migraine meds pretty quicky, and it went away in short order.

The migraine medication is just not, in my mind, much of a solution. As I've indicated, it's expensive and makes me sleepy. It's weird though because some of my menstrual migraines, if I catch them early, will respond to Excedrin. The post-ride headaches, however, don't at all.

Sigh......

[nafula]

I get those headaches too. I've done some research on the topic.

Google "exercise headaches" and see what you find out. They are literally headaches that you get from exercising.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exe...daches/DS00641

It usually helps if I take an Excedrin before I go out. If I catch them in time, I can get rid of them fairly quickly. If I don't, I might as well just go to bed.