I know It's Time to Get In Shape, Butt....
April 18th 2009 18:22
I have been doing some walking, and it has helped alot with some weight and my emotional outlook.
Butt, and I mean Butt, my head has been going bonkers due to crazy t'weather. Like today, it is beautiful out, in the high 60's. At night it's been going down to freezing. Starting tomorrow, thunderstorms and rain, for the next three days. Weather is a major trigger for me.
I want to go to the gym and use the treadmill and go on other low impact equipment. I found this article and wanted to post it here, as I know this is the time of year that if possible, we want to get ourselves moving, in shape.
Now, I have had issues in the past going to a fitness center with ending up in tears from my pain level going up. The gym I go to now does not have bright lighing, it is small and so there's not so much going on.
I also have my mp3 player, so that I can tune out and be in my world. Something strange I have found is that music sometimes dulls my pain in my head.
While reading this article, keep in mind, always listen to your body. Always listen to your pain. If you exercise and a migraine is triggered, I'd say stop. If you are a chronic migraineur and your pain level goes up, please, don't push yourself. And most of all, talk to your doctor about the exercise you are choosing and then I suggest making this a section in your migraine diary.
Good luck! Wishing you migraine free days!
Exercise Reduces Migraine Suffering, Study Finds
28 Mar 2009
While physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study describes an exercise program that is well tolerated by patients. The findings show that the program decreased the frequency of headaches and improved quality of life. The study is published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
The study used a sample of migraine sufferers who were examined before, during and after an aerobic exercise intervention. The program was based on indoor cycling (for continuous aerobic exercise) and was designed to improve maximal oxygen uptake without worsening the patients' migraines.
After the treatment period, patients' maximum oxygen uptake increased significantly. There was no worsening of migraine status at any time during the study period and, during the last month of treatment, there was a significant decrease in the number of migraine attacks, the number of days with migraine per month, headache intensity and amount of headache medication used.
Individuals with headache and migraine typically are less physically active than those without headache. Patients with migraine often avoid exercise, resulting in less aerobic endurance and flexibility. Therefore, well designed studies of exercise in patients with migraine are imperative.
"While the optimal amount of exercise for patients with migraine remains unknown, our evaluated program can now be tested further and compared to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments to see if exercise can prevent migraine," says Dr. Emma Varkey, co-author of the study.
Notes:
This study is published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
To view the abstract for this article, please click here.
Headache publishes original articles on all aspects of head and face pain including communications on clinical and basic research, diagnosis and management, epidemiology, genetics, and pathophysiology of primary and secondary headaches, cranial neuralgias, and pains referred to the head and face. Case reports, short communications, review articles, letters to the editor, and news items regarding the American Headache Society are included. Medicolegal and socioeconomic aspects of head pain are also considered. All articles submitted for publication are subject to peer review.
Source:
Sean Wagner
Wiley-Blackwell
medicalnewstoday.com
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