What is this : extreme sudden head pain when training hard!

I experimented some different type of pain and injuries in my life while working out but this one is freaking and I don't know what it is!

Friday was my leg day, so at my 3rd set I went heavy and was pushing everything I had to get my last reps and suddenly a very violent pain in the head near the rear, so sudden it was like being hit with a baseball bat, it all came white for a fraction of a sec. It was like it something ripped in my rear hard. I stopped my rep and put my hands behind my head and begin to massage it, luckily I was seated cause the pain was real hard. After some time it withdraw, continuing the massage. I was even able to finish my training (stopped the leg press though).

When I came back home I had no more pain in the head, but my lower back left side was hurting a lot.

Took Saturday off.

Sunday it was Chest/Triceps : same thing, but a bit less violent at my third set on the bench press dumbbell, it went away after some time.

Today it was at my first set of chin-ups, but this time the pain was raising progressively only on the left side as I was getting harder the pain was raising accordingly. If I was to continue to push toward failure the pain would rise so much and make me unable to finish my set, even on small biceps exercises. At rest pain goes away.

WTF is that!?

Eric

Get it checked...could be something in your neck which could defer pain down your spine and back...or maybe a pinched nerve as it subsides when no activity....regardless what anyone tells you, get it checked as soon as you can.

Broken or ruptured blood vessel maybe? Honestly don't know but like razorsedge said, might be a good idea to get it checked. Maybe even a trip to the walk in clinic?

ive had that a few times but only on leg day and usually on the leg press...feels like a hot knife to the lower part of the back of the head....usually just goes away...not sure why it happens.
P

Most likely tied to blood flow given your symptoms. You may have trigeminal neuralgia, a kind of nerve damage. . Possible conditions range from sinus infection to bleeding in the brain and arterial blockage so nothing changes GO GET IT CHECKED OUT!

Thanks guys. This morning I could feel one of nerve on the left side inflated as I often had in the past.

It may be related to the leg press by the fact we (I) bent the head forward, stretching everything from the neck to the lower back while pushing like crazy (??).

I'm taking the day off, I'll see tomorrow how it feels, if I feel Ok, I will go slowly at the gym, I'll try a high volume/lower weight approach instead of HIT style training.

Eric

Why bend the head forward?

I dunno it's seems it's involuntary. I tried to keep the head straight but it's doesn't feel natural to me. It feel like it's natural to bend the head forward to arc the back for protection (I might be wrong), I do have 3 compressed disks (hernia) and carefully try not to pressure them.

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/i...sta_455025.jpg


http://www.fitnessatlantic.com/image...leg_press1.jpg


http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/imag...rich_vos_a.jpg

Eric

Rotate the view on any one of those pics as if they were standing and raising a load.

Any update Eric?