Migraine and Exercise
In my earlier post (Day 579) “Migraine” I wrote about exercising, so I have to explain it a bit further because few weeks ago my doctor came to know that one of the major cause of my frequently occurring migraine is, in fact, Exercise. Since 2003-04 I have been regularly working out, except for the two-years gap that I had while I was completing my research work, and after the break I restarted exercising. My routine always had two alternate days for strength/weight training, 2 days for step aerobics and 1 day of very basic yoga. In my weight training after few initial weeks I used 4 kg – 8 kg free weights and in gym it got 5kg to 20 kg varying on different exercises. To have strong abdomen I did 45-85 crunches, and used around 20-25 cm aerobics bench height. Throughout these years, within 24- 36 hours of exercising, I got regular migraines. Until recently when I started to maintain my “daily meals & headache diary” I noticed a pattern. Some people learn lessons the hard wa...