Thread: Had a problem in the gym. (workout related)

Originally Posted by Northernlights8

Ok so yesterday as i was doing legs and i was on my 3rd set of squats and on my 5 rep going to positive failure i got this bad sharp pain run up the back of my neck and into the left side of my brain. Then started pulsing kinda like a headache, but wasnt bad like a headache. But it was a bad pulsing pain. So i stopped on those and took a break for about 10-15 min till it went away. Which it didnt, but was very small pain.

So today, on chest incline. On my 2nd set and on 5th rep going to positive failure it happen again. And to this time 11:28pm i can still feel the throbbing pain in the back of my neck and left side of brain. I went to gym around 9:45pm so about 2 hours and still feeling it.

And btw yes i do inhale going down, then exhale when pushing up. vise versa if pulling is the weigh.


any ideas?

Go to a sports doctor.

ehhhh.....thats a couple hundred bucks id rather not spend. I would like to get some ideas or past expirences from any people here who had this happen maybe.

Not near a couple hundred bucks. Sports doctors are usually pretty in-expensive.

well if you dont have insurance prob.

Not really. A lot of sports doctors are pretty open to the public and fairly cheap ( even doing favors ) for people who don't have insurance. At least my old sports doctor did. Just my experience. You can spend "200" dollars and worry about buying your gym membership next month or about your brain exploding.

Originally Posted by Northernlights8

ehhhh.....thats a couple hundred bucks id rather not spend. I would like to get some ideas or past expirences from any people here who had this happen maybe.

$20-30 co pay.......it might be a pinched nerve or a blood clott.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

$20-30 co pay.......it might be a pinched nerve or a blood clott.

I'd say a pinched nerve. I had simliar symptoms when I first pinched a nerve in my back last season.

Originally Posted by JordanMang

I'd say a pinched nerve. I had simliar symptoms when I first pinched a nerve in my back last season.

I agree.....but if he feels something in his brain he better see a Doc quick.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I agree.....but if he feels something in his brain he better see a Doc quick.

Def. Also though I get the same kind of burning sensation some times in the back of my head. Like if I my move my head to fast or in a weird way. It burns in the back of my brain and up my neck for 20-30 sec badly, and fades completely after 10 minutes.

i had the exact same problems as u describe, but it went away after two weeks or so, the pain was unbearable as u described. It might have been me, not exhaling properly.