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Sorry for the slow reply, work and school has had me too busy to even think about working out.

@HempHappy you still headache free?

@Bud I missed this ski season and it tore me up inside, few things in life feel better than being on the mountain. How are your workouts now? Do you still manage your heart rate?

@QWERTY02 same here, I have gone from working out everyday to sitting around doing nothing. That is recipe for depression and anxiety. I just want to be active again.

@russiarules I have been doing just cardio right now. Lifting weights seems to cause headaches quicker, but sometimes it is hard to tell.

Pizza Man,

Things are much better now, i can work much harder this winter with for the most part few after effects but there are still days when stuff reminds me something happened 4 years ago.

This winter when it finally snowed at Tahoe I was able to ski full bore, felt good to not have to protect myself so to speak.

Bud

exercise intolerance
 

I seem to have the same problem as all of you. Did any of you figure out any remedy to this. I've tried the Buffalo protocol but I can barely slow walk for 10 min without getting a headache.

Unfortunately I have not found a remedy for my exercise intolerance. I seem to be in a similar place as you. Just go for a walk can give me a headache as well, it really ****ing sucks. I believe that some of my issues are coming from my neck, but I have been to two different physical therapist and they don't see anything wrong with it. Really at a lost on what to do next. I have also tried Buffalo protocol, and actually had some success early on with it but after I relapsed I have been extremely sensitive to headaches. I want to get back on a exercise program (extremely light of course) that follows Buffalo Protocol, but I cant risk getting a headache for hours with my current schedule of school and work.

The neck issue is not something that common PT or other diagnostics will find. It is more of a treat it and be disciplined to not aggravate it. PTs do range of motion and maybe palpations to find problems. Range of motion does nothing to diagnose these subtle injuries.

The problem is a subtle instability that allows inflammation triggering movement. The inflammation then triggers other symptoms due to reduced nerve flow and reduced blood flow.

The PT can do some gentle traction and mobilization but the patient needs to live with postural discipline. Straight head and neck position when sleeping and resting is important, for months if not years. It took me a long time to regain the stability in my neck so I can sleep in less than idea posture.

Learning to walk with less impacting foot plants can help. Using foam ear plugs can help one hear the foot plant as it impacts the head. The vertical pounding can be the hardest issue to resolve.

I do feel that instability in my neck. What methods did you use to help your neck stability? Luckily I sleep on my back and don't move much at night, so I think my neck stays pretty straight. I know I should have better postural discipline but it is easy for me to forget/get lazy with my posture. I will need to test out the ear plugs when I walk. Thanks for all your help. I really do appreciate you taking the time to assist people on this forum.

I could not tell I had neck instability except for the symptoms I experienced after I slept in poor posture, especially if I fell asleep in the car or a chair.

The worst was trying to sleep during an EEG with sleep session. The rolled up towel pillow under my head forced by chin to my chest. The inflammation interrupted my breathing, even when I was wide awake. This event caused me to consider my symptoms after other bad posture periods.

When I tried sleeping with straight head and neck position, the quality of my sleep and the days after those good nights of sleep improved dramatically. If I rolled to a bad position, I would have stressful dreams and have a stressed look on my face.

I spent a lot of nights getting a good night sleep in a recliner chair.

High doses of acetaminophen and aspirin, together, give me stomach ulcers, so that isn't helpful.

Aspirin in enteric coated form will not dissolve in the stomach. They are a bit slower acting but without the stomach upset. I've been taking 975 mgs of aspirin (enteric) twice a day for over 20 years for arthritis.