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Old 05-03-2006, 11:16 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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Well, this could certainly stem from any number of causes, but if your pain is anything like mine was, then I would'nt make any assumptions....so the doc is defitnitely a good idea if it reccurs after a rest.

Mine happened on squats as I stated above and I am almost certain they are related to sudden changes in blood pressure. But I would like to point out that I don't have high blood pressure and I would get them no matter how well I monitored my breathing. That is not to contradict Sleazy, I am speaking of myself....and also these things are difficult to pin down.

I can't say that the VERY FIRST one I had wasn't due to breathing. And after the first one, if you don't take a while you're pretty set up for them. I was able to get past that first (debilatating) group of them and surprisingly it wasn't by lifting lighter weights. I went heavier and reduced the volume. I would feel them coming on for quite a while after that, though even though I was paying particular attention to my breathing.

One way I got past them, though, was actually breathing related. If I felt one coming (which meant I had a couple of seconds before the pain came crashing down) I would pause at the top (of the squat) and do these little fast puffy breaths. Sort of a vilent and rapid pant. Amazingly I would feel the pain melt away. It's hard to describe the breaths....the closest I can get is that they are like what women do in labor.

I found out later (from Trouble) that this actually reduced the intracranial blood pressure or something. The only reason I tried them is because I'd seen a couple of powerlifters doing it.

Of course none of us know what is causing yours, Frankie, and it could be related to your traps. I would point out that the bench press is common for headaches too. VerbatimReturned actually had this problem on bench press and he was unable to link it to anything (I hope you don't mind me mentioning that, Verb).
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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