Throat pain

amochrie

This does sound weird but after doing a ride of anything over around 30/40 miles I develop significant pain in my thorax and throat a couple of hours later...it will last for around 4 days then go away. Pain goes from front of chest right through to my back...

This is coupled with constant neck pain that I wake up with every day (have bought new pillow but no luck)

Has anyone else experienced this or know what it might be ???

Mothyman

best pop to the doc mate. especially if you have been a smoker, high cholesterol, family history of heart etc.
even if its just some sort of reflux the doc can help

Anonymous

Sport induced asthma?

You need to see the doc / call nhs direct.

amochrie

Never been a smoker, heavy drinker, no heart problems, no family problems....in fact I feel like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable! Im extremely fit.

Like I said its weird, it feels like someone's punched me in the throat...

I think Ill take your advice though and go see the doc.....who, although earning 100k per annum, will probably tell me its just one of those things and make me feel bad for bothering him!

Cheers guys....

Garz

Do you breath through your mouth or nose when you ride?

As I am effected by hay fever, this can trigger off my asthma albeit a very mild annoyance. I am trying to force myself to do nose breathing as this will help tremendously. Sounds like you should be sipping fluids often and more nasal breathing. If this doesn't change your symptoms then definitely seek medical advice.

neeb

Go to the doc to be safe.

But weirdly enough, I had something that sounds a bit similar to this last year which (being prone to being a hypochondriac) worried me for ages. In my case it was a localised mild pain/sensitivity on one side at the front of the larynx (right at the top corner), and definitely seemed worse after riding. No more than a mild irritation but it lasted for months, and if you google things like that you can scare yourself silly, so in the end I got fully checked out (camera stuck up my nose and down the throat, special x-ray). Nothing unusual found and it eventually went away (although occasionally I still feel it a bit). I eventually put it down to irritation and referred pain caused by all of that heavy breathing, maybe exacerbated by pollen allergy, the unnatural position of the neck when on the bike, and/or pressure from my helmet strap.

The fact that you're getting it in the chest too suggests some sort of irritation of the air passages associated with exercise.

amochrie

hmmm,last year I had hayfever so bad I wanted to slit my throat...I swore to my wife that if it was as bad this year we were moving aborad (i was kind of hoping it would be - Tuscany here we come)....alas Ive got steroids from the doc and hayfever so far is non existant...

However it may still be there in the background causing problems...to be fair the pain has almost gone after saturdays ride which is quicker than usual..maybe it is just a symptom of my riding position, mouth breathing (which I do mostly instead of nose breathing)..etc

I think Im going to stop moaning, train harder and see if its goes over time...if in a couple of months its still there Ill go to the docs..

Cheers for your help everyone.

STEFANOS4784

Go to the doc now. It could be something more malicious, no use waiting until it's too late, people on here can only guess, please see a doc, that's what national insurance is for.

neeb

Are you on the steroids at the moment? Beconase or something similar? These act to block inflammatory responses in the bronchial tubes, maybe there's some interaction between that and constant irritation caused by heavy breathing. Or maybe as you say it is only partially effective, so you get some symptoms of pollen irritation but not others. If it's grass pollen you are allergic to and you are in the UK, now is just about the time you should be starting to get serious symptoms. I used to get hay fever really badly in June and July, but it's got a lot better since I got older and also there's less grass where I am at the moment...

neeb

Go to the doc now. It could be something more malicious, no use waiting until it's too late, people on here can only guess, please see a doc, that's what national insurance is for.

Yes, I agree, always best to get these things checked.