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GeorgiePorgie
5/1/2016 1:39pm
5/1/2016 1:39pm
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4/7/2021 12:31am
Does anyone else get bad headaches after they ride? It's always plagued me since I was about 15. After race day I'd have a headache until the next day. Seems to get worse as I get older. And I dont think it's from dehydration because I drink alot of fluids the day I ride. It never affects me while I'm riding, just after i'm done and start loading up.
Anybody else have this problem?
Anybody else have this problem?
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. Proper stretching fixed most of this. I still get them, as recent as yesterday, not as often.
Eat a big breakfast, don't hold back on butter and sugar either. Seriously. Whole milk too.
This won't prevent the headaches, but if/when one occurs, try the Goodys liquid shots. Looks just like a 5 hour energy. Has 1000mg acetaminophen, 50mg caffeine. Nothing else works like this stuff. I can only ever find it at dollar general, but you can probably find it on amazon or something.
Try softer pads in your helmet or a different helmet altogether.
Try some tinted goggles, if you have light colored eyes it doesn't take much brightness to get your head hurting.
Hope something works for you dude. Serious about those Goodys shots too, they're incredible for making it stop.
That said - the body does what the body does. Sometimes you just can't escape it.
It just feels like someone is squeezing my temples. But I go to bed with the headache and wake up with it gone. You know maybe I will try to eat more on ride days. On race day I don't eat much. I never have a huge appetite on race day. But other days I'm like a garbage disposal I can eat and eat and eat. I'm 5-11 160 lbs. Blessed with a high metabolism or I know i'd be 400 pounds...
My race day regimen is like a bacon egg and cheese bagel a hahbrown and orange juice. Water and gatorade at the track. Maybe sometimes some fruit or a banana throughout the day....
And really I thought I was the only one that this happens to, my buddies never complain of headaches on ride day. Just me....glad to see more people having the same problems. Well not glad, but....maybe we can figure out how to fix it!
A big thing for me was getting my eyes checked and getting some prescription sunglasses (which you can get for crazy cheap now). The squinting from the sun combined with eyes that unknown to me were struggling to focus all day was really destructive.
Pit Row
Georgie...I thought you were an RN?
i drank shit loads of fluids but honestly think hydration has little to do with it.
You may not feel it that day,but the next day it might feel like your head is in a vice(that temple pressure feeling).
Try a Neti Pot after riding.
You can clean out your sinuses and nose.
It's actually something good to do anyway,to flush out all that dirt & shit you breath in while riding.
They help with allergies also...
As you get older also,your sinuses sorta become weaker.
The little hairs that protect you inside die for various reasons.
Smoking,drinking,snorting drugs lol,caffeine,allergies,dust etc...can all mess them up.
Oh yeah you can't become truly hydrated by drinking water on the way to the track... If you complain of pissing too much when you drink water that's because you are dehydrated and your body is not used to consuming the extra fluid so you piss it out. Don't just slam a bunch of water but slowly increase your total daily intake of water throughout the week/ month.
Used to get them every time I put in a solid session. Tried copious amounts of hydration with different products, earplugs, vented gear- all sorts.
The biggest improvement Ive come across is with eating plenty of small amounts during the day, which took a while to get used to. Muesli, fruit, chocolate bars and even drinking Coke- which I never do anywhere but the track.
I honestly think I've overdone it with the water and ended up with super low salt concentration. I sweat like a freakin racehorse.
Odd but as I've gotten older, 65 now, the migraines have been less and less.
I take Advil to treat post-riding headaches, BUT- a word of caution: A neurologist explained to me that taking blood thinners like Advil can be very dangerous if you suffer a heavy concussion/brain injury. So I try to refrain from the Advil until I'm done riding for the day.
Yes. I Am a nurse, in nurse practitioner school currently. But I'm not a neurologist. I'm in acute care. I treat septic shock. Not headaches. lol. As a clinician you realize you can't know everything. It's ok to go to others who know more. There's so much to know about the body. That's why there's 15 different teams of doctors to be consulted for a seriously sick patient.....
Mouth piece is easy to try. I'll try it. If it continues ill eliminate that. Second thing I'll try is potassium and mag supplements. My labs were just draw. Last week and everything is within normal range. And that was after fasting....doubt it's a electrolyte issue. But I do have real shitty sinuses and allergies....I'm always stuffy most of the time. Inflammation Stuffy. I bet it's a inflammatory response to dust. Maybe I'll take an NSAID and ride. See what happens.....
Wonder if we could all pick one thing to do this week and check back to see if our symptoms are better. I seriously didn't think this many people had this problem.
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