Extreme pressure/pain in head, neck and ears after physical exersion (exercise)

[chrissy1979]

I recently started exercising again and after any type of physical exersion I have extreme pressure/pain in my ears, head and neck.  It's mainly the bottom, back of my head, where my neck connects to my head.  And my ears feel like they will burst.  After stopping running, or other exercise, (because of the discomfort and/or pain), it subsides but leaves the muscles in the front of my neck aching.  I'm assuming that it's some kind of liquid build up in my ears.  What is the problem and is it serious?  Would sudafed or something similar help?  It's excrutiating sometimes.  Thanks for your help.

[FloridaCoast]

I just started working out three weeks ago and started spin class last week. I experienced the same issue with stabbing pain in back of my head but on the left side that when bad enough seems like it radiates to my eye. This occured when going to the standing peddle position like climbing a hill, then when I did pull ups on a gravitron. My BP today after work out was 137/75 and I am 37 and about 60lbs overweight. I have had sinus problems in past that would make my left eye water, so this makes sense. My left ear feels full and has pressure in it most of the time since and pressure on left side of head. It happened again today at about 4:45 and at 9:45 still lingers from a pain scale of 8 to a 3 now. I have an appt with my dr on 10/21.

[wellsick]

You should all research Chiari I malformation.  Intense pain in the back of the head/top of the neck, feeling of great pressure, "stuffiness" in ears, vertigo, dizziness, and so on...

The bottom of your cerebellum--the cerebellar tonsils--may be obstructing cerebrospinal fluid from properly flowing around your brain and it could be compressing your brainstem, causing further neurological damage.  It will only get worse.  It should not be ignored!

[AXLE1983]

OH MY ~ I just googled to see what is wrong with me and... I HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING! Although I chain smoke and work  HARD non-stop am ALWAYS stressed to the MAX and am REAL skinny. I am a 28 year old male 6 ft tall and 132 lbs... single "dad" to 6 year old identical twin boys a 2 yr. old son, and a 1 yr. old daughter. I am thinking I MIGHT BE KEELING OVER? I took a vitamin today before this horrible episode?> I feel like my head is spinning, and my ear drums are going to explode, and eyes pop out of my head??? Some-one ??? I know ... take care of yourself idiot...LOL but... I AM JUST SO BUSY and HAVE SO MANY DEPENDANT ON ME~ NO TIME FOR MYSELF!

[babbieno1]

ive been having headaches after using the flabelos machine.its on the right side of my head and it wont go away and its realy starting to worry me now

[plwillhi]

I have the same issues.  It's mainly on a machine that I work out on at a Rec Center.  It's a step machine (not an elliptical).  More like a walking stairs at a State Park for a long time. It's the hardest aerobic equipment I've ever been on and when I get to about 20 minutes I can feel this pressure pain behind the back of my ears.  Like if I'm wearing glasses that are too tight.  It normally takes about 10-15 minutes for the pain to go away.  But it does scare me.  Like I'm having a stroke or aneurysm.  I do have high blood pressure and take Toprol.  I'm a little overweight but eat good and exercise.  I had an echocardiogram a couple of years ago and it came out ok. And about 3 years ago had a catscan which came back normal.  I do have sinus issues so not sure if it's related.  

[starshine30]

I am 23 years old and also have this problem; although for the past 4-5 months I have been experiencing these symptoms to a lesser extent on a constant basis. Exercise definitely makes the stuffy/throbbing feeling much worse and the terrible pain after the run that I just got back from (only 2 miles) caused me to look for answers online. I found a few possibilities as to what could be the cause (such as Exercise-Induced Eustachian Tube Dysfunction) but no solutions. When I told a friend about the problem and accompanying dizziness she suggested the possibility of Vertigo. I have a physical coming up in one week and plan on asking the doctor to help me get to the bottom of this!