Did riding our lawn mower cause this horrible headache?

[kricklekrin]

I decided to cut our grass with our new riding lawn mower today and ended up with this horrible headache.  Started at the base of my head and it is still there and behind my left eye.  

Does anyone else get headaches from riding lawn mowers and car rides?  

I was having so much fun too.  My husband was laughing at me the entire time.  I probably did look funny racing around the yard...  

[Lovely101]

I have had the same question about riding a lawn mower!!
I was dx'd in March of this year and have avoided mowing the lawn so far all summer... and gotten my boyfriend to do it. However, as Crazy as it sounds... i LOve to mow! lol
Will the jarring cause chiari to get worse? I know I will potentially get a headache afterwards.. but if i just live with the headache are jarring activities safe or will it make chiari as a whole worse?  Not really sure how to word my question... hoping u guys know what i mean! lol

[kricklekrin]

I should have known better.  I don't think the sun had much to do with it, because I waited till it was almost dark and cooler out.  After the grass looked great my husband reminded me that I shouldn't be on it.  With a smile and a thank you:)

Still suffering, but letting up a little.  I wore my hard collar for a few hours and that helped.

Motorcycles.....  Yes, they count.

I get a headache every time I hear my 16 year old start his YZ426F up.  Especially after watching him bounce off the pavement last month attempting a wheelie.  He succeeded the first time, but second time didn't go so well.  What a show off.  Like I don't have enough headaches...

I'm not brave like that at all.  I see my neurosurgeon on the 15 this month.  I'll probably chicken out of surgery.  

Although I must be a little brave, I did sky dive once.  Just once...  I wonder what kind of effect that had on my Chiari?

[rod44]

Just the thought of riding a lawnmower or motorcycle is giving me a HA. I know that any kind of motion (car or bus ride) over a period will knock me out for the day.

Ray

[redkim]

I get a headache from riding my motorcycle...does that count, lol.

[selmaS]

Hi...well I do not have a riding lawn mower, but I can only imagine that it would indeed add fuel to a fire in a chiari brain.

Riding in my DH 's truck is no fun at all....and long rides in a car I use a big fluffy bed pillow to help hold my head a tad more still than with out.

Also, the sun can be a very big HA factory...so do wear good sunglasses as well as a brimmed hat.

Hope the HA doesn't last too long

"selma"