11/05/2025
5 Tips to avoid exercise-induced migraine attacks!
1️⃣ Stay hydrated
Dehydration is one of the most common triggers for headache and migraine attacks. To avoid dehydration triggering an attack during or after make sure you stay hydrated. even mild dehydration can lower your threshold for an attack.
Drink water before, during, and after your physical activity to decrease your risk of a migraine!
2️⃣ Avoid low blood sugar
Episodes of low blood sugar are associated with headache triggers. This trigger can occur with exercise due to our body using more energy to keep up with the demand of activity.
To prevent low blood sugar from triggering a migraine make sure you eat at 60-90 minutes before exercise. Also, keep a small snack with you to have during or after the workout if you are experiencing symptoms related to low blood sugar.
3️⃣ Get in a solid warm-up
For those who have migraines, sudden changes in their body’s heart rate and blood pressure can be potential trigger attacks. Most people only need a short warm up, about 5 minutes
Give yourself 5-10 min. to warm up, increasing the intensity over time. This gives your body time to prepare for moderate or vigorous levels of physical activity.
4️⃣ Be mindful of your environmental triggers
Just as you would with normal daily activities, be mindful of the triggers you have normally while exercising. High temperature, bright lights, allergies, loud noises, etc. Take these possible triggers into account so that your body doesn’t become overwhelmed.
5️⃣ Don’t skip the cool down!
Do the same when you’re done. Just as sudden increases can cause a migraine, so can sudden drops. Take 10-15 min. to slowly let your HR and BP to lower back to your normal levels after your workout.
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