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**Eagle5US** · 04-01-2007, 21:47

So-
in the spirit of all things worth doing are worth doing again...I took an ER Doc with me to the gym last night (CHEST) and decided we were going to try and reproduce my symptoms at the end of my workout.

We figured out the following...

I tilt my head up at more than 30 degrees and have heavy strain or valsalva (i.e. heavy weight, end of set etc), my neck musculature does indeed decrease my blood flow to my melon. This was only the case though when I focused "up" at an angle.

He thought it quite interesting to watch my neck "swell" as he put it and see my body's reaction. After a few instances, he was able to predict within a couple of reps when I would start getting light based on the look of my head stem.

Solution will be to (of course) do those excercises more "lightly". I KNOW you didn't think I was going to say complete avoidance....c'mon!

Thanks for the input folks...

Eagle

04-01-2007, 21:47	#12
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,541	UPDATE So- in the spirit of all things worth doing are worth doing again...I took an ER Doc with me to the gym last night (CHEST) and decided we were going to try and reproduce my symptoms at the end of my workout. We figured out the following... I tilt my head up at more than 30 degrees and have heavy strain or valsalva (i.e. heavy weight, end of set etc), my neck musculature does indeed decrease my blood flow to my melon. This was only the case though when I focused "up" at an angle. He thought it quite interesting to watch my neck "swell" as he put it and see my body's reaction. After a few instances, he was able to predict within a couple of reps when I would start getting light based on the look of my head stem. Solution will be to (of course) do those excercises more "lightly". I KNOW you didn't think I was going to say complete avoidance....c'mon! Thanks for the input folks... Eagle __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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