headaches when riding????

jimbo-norco

Any suggestions, every time I go out for a ride, i keep getting headaches, people have told me I dont eat enough, so ive purposly included a chippy in my route to keep me full, and i still get headaches! im getting really annoyed by them, and its spoiling my riding, and im not fully concentrating because of it, and im gonna come a cropper one day for it, any one got the same problems and any solutions??
cheers!

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roj279

drink water

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jimbo-norco

i do i have a 2 litre hydration pack that i constantly drink out of.

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MentalRaver

get eyes your eyes tested then.

jimbo-norco

my eyes have been tested ages ago, just a little short sited, that aint the problem either, some people have suggested that a different helmet might be better??

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steelo

This may sound really stupid but a major cause of headaches, along with dehydration, is eye-strain caused by constantly changing your focal-length, i.e. staring at the ground and then looking along the trail and back again at the ground etc. It causes the focusing muscles in your eyes to tire and therefore you get a headache.

This may not be what you do at all and if it isn't then i'm sorry you'll just have to try the old paracetamol tablets, or quiz a GP about it.

Good luck with a cure.

jimbo-norco

ok, ill try asking either a GP or maybe an optician can tell me more, thanks!
oh and any more suggestions please? thanks!

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BTR

When its very sunny, I sometimes get headaches.
Are you getting hot? Sun straining your eyes?
Etc.

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Andy

If its not to do with eye focus a good pair of sunglasses may well be a solution.
As a driver by profession I used to get regular headaches as a result of the glare until I wore sunglassed and the headaches stopped. Try a set and see if it helps.

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I had a helmet dubbed the headache helmet because it pressed on the top of my head which resulted in a headache everytime I used it.
try using a different helmet for a day and see if it is better.

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nosnibor

what good are fish and chips gona do! there have almost no goodness in them whatsoever. apart from the fish.

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BTR

Yeah, you don't want fish and chips.
Carbohydrates much better.
Tescos pot of cold pasta would be much better.

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dan1983

you say you got your eyes tested "ages ago" - get them tested again. they can get worse you know. i have to get mine done every 6 months and my contact lense prescription is forever changing, so this may be the problem like a few people have said.

chilled rider

you dont drink beer the night before a ride and get legless do you?

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Yeah, you don't want fish and chips.
Carbohydrates much better.
Tescos pot of cold pasta would be much better.

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Pasta is no good mid ride. Carbs are slow release energy.

Mid ride you want bananas or mars bars as a good trail snack.

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ROCHA

When I know I'm gonna feel tired but I really must go for a ride, I eat as much spoons of sugar as I can and it really helps. If I don't start riding immediately, however, sugar will make me sleepy.
I know it sounds stupid but it works!

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