There are so many sporing groups which fall in to this potential category.
-Road Cyclists having to lean forward and hold their heads up.
-Rowing and paddling sports. Extended times of upper body movements.
-Surfing: Paddling our through the waves lying down.
Any sports which involve jumping or shock through he spine:
-Martial arts and boxing where head contact is common.
-Weight training, where any upper body straining occurs.
The common problem for all these sports people is an existing weakness and or an existing injury.
So if you relate to this, if you train or compete and just know you will suffer later from a headache. I was prompted to write this by a headache that came on at 2am.Yesterday I had a fun but committed martial arts workout.
My pattern over the years has been to train hard then suffer from a headache. It’s crazy because I know how to prevent this from occurring. If I take the time for myself by having a regular neck treatment, I can reduce the occurrence of these annoying headaches by about 40%. It’s simple but it can take a bit of trial and error. Not every form of therapy works for me.
For example very hard massage makes it worse, physio therapy doesn’t seem to help, chiropractic wasn’t any better. How do I know? Because twice a year I would undertake a course of treatments to find relief.
It actually took me several years to find the solution. For me its gentle soft tissue therapy, some acupuncture on the neck and Finch therapy, this is a kind of trigger point therapy.
This is my solution and may not work for you. The point is to keep looking and ask friends for referrals to practitioners. That’s the first part of the formula.
You may wonder why I had the headache if I had this treatment sorted out. It’s because like most people I get lazy. After Christmas I was busy and I cancelled a couple of appointments. I soon feel out of my headache prevention routine.
The second part of the formula is to have the treatments before you need them. Work on solving the problem not on treating the pain after the training. It’s the worst possible time. Because your muscles are inflamed and traumatised. It is much better to gradually resolve the problem and then maintain a regimen of preventative therapy. I am now calling for an appointment, to get back on track.
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