Headaches when working out. What could be wrong

[phishers]

Whenever im pushing myself during working out, whether its a set of push ups or lifting weights at the end of the set when im really pushing like when my face will get red, i will get a pretty bad headache pretty much forcing me to discontinue the workout.  Just has started happening the last week, but it always seems to happen. Do I have a brain tumor or something, whats wrong? =(  

Thanks
Zach

[NateThegreat89]

Hey what's up guys I'm a 14 year old kid that works out alot. Just recently I have been getting huge headaches during the last couple of reps that ruins my whole workout. I have been doing some research and an 80% sure it is due to a pulled muscle in my neck. I have just lately been getting into heavy weightlifting which I can handle and I just had the best couple of workouts I have ever had. Does anyone have any other advice to help either deal with this problem and to work through it or to get rid of it. Thanks  

[NateThegreat89]

Hey what's up guys I'm a 14 year old kid that works out alot. Just recently I have been getting huge headaches during the last couple of reps that ruins my whole workout. I have been doing some research and an 80% sure it is due to a pulled muscle in my neck. I have just lately been getting into heavy weightlifting which I can handle and I just had the best couple of workouts I have ever had. Does anyone have any other advice to help either deal with this problem and to work through it or to get rid of it. Thanks  

[NateThegreat89]

Hey what's up guys I'm a 14 year old kid that works out alot. Just recently I have been getting huge headaches during the last couple of reps that ruins my whole workout. I have been doing some research and an 80% sure it is due to a pulled muscle in my neck. I have just lately been getting into heavy weightlifting which I can handle and I just had the best couple of workouts I have ever had. Does anyone have any other advice to help either deal with this problem and to work through it or to get rid of it. Thanks  

[sdixon85]

I have the exact same symptoms, during my last set on the bench press, i was straining and i got a sharp pain at the lower left hand side of my head, which then got worse and started throbbing making me dizzy.

I have jusst got back to the doctors today, and he said that i had strained my neck muscles, causing the pain throughout my head (although my neck dosent hurt at all) He prescribed me 400mg ibruprophen to take 4 times a day for 10 days. He also said that i have to stop my strength training for at least 1 week. (Although i really dont want to as im going on holiday in 6 weeks, and want to look good for that, ;-) lol)

[Garrett951]

I read through all your guys' comments and i can completely relate. It's a terrible pain near the back of my upper neck/lower head. For me though i didn't want to stop working out so what i did was whenever i worked out i drank a ton of water, lowered my weigh on everything about 20 lbs., focused on my form, took deep calm breaths, and tryed to pin the strain on my muscles instead of my face/head. Haven't had any problems since.

[hyzerchick]

If you regularly get severe headaches that are generally on one side of your head with pain focused behind one eye and last between 30 min to 2 hours, Google "Cluster Headache" or go to the John Hopkins website fmi: www.hopkinsmedicine.org. I started getting headaches over 10 years ago when I had to start running and swimming on a daily basis for my summer job. Within minutes of my workout ending I'd get a severe headache. The worst of it would be over within 30 minutes, during which time I wanted to rip my head off.  I believe I've been having "cluster headaches" which can occur daily for a "cluster" of weeks, then they can dissappear for months or even years before returning. The pain is usually more severe than a migrane pain but the duration is shorter. In fact, the duration is so short that OTC medications like Excedrine aren't absorbed by the body fast enough to take away any of the pain. I've found that applying a flexible ice pack to my traps, neck, and base of skull seems to help dull the pain more than medication. This type of headache often affects young adults; I was 19 when I started getting them.  Many times I'll even wake up in the middle of the night with one of these headaches. Different people will have different triggers and I think my triggers are intense physical activity, temperature (I seem to get them more during summer months), and neck positioning. Unfortunately there doesnt seem to be any magical treatment for these headaches other than just avoiding the triggers. Either way, see your doctor for any severe headache and good luck!