I don't know if I need help. -Urgent(ish)-

I was lifting 20 pound weights earlier today, and all of the sudden i felt a pop in the upper left back side of my head. I'm not sure if I popped a blood vessel and now I am freaking out. Am I going to die, my dad won't take me seriously and i begged him, he thinks it is just anxiety, but I'm almost certain I am going to die soon as a result of a blood clot or a stroke. What do I do, what if it wasn't a popped blood vessel, but what could it have been? Please be nice, the last thing I need is to worry more, but I'm not really sure what sort of an answer I'm looking for. It didn't hurt at all, now it does though. It is like a feint throbbing in that area. Could that be anxiety, there is also a weird pain in the back of my head. I am so scared that I am going to die, and there's nothing I can do but wait until it happens. My dad doesn't believe its a real problem, it's like the boy who cried wolf, no one listens when something actually goes wrong. I hope I die in my sleep so it's painless...

I'm not sure what it was but be sure I have my share of weird pops and sounds in the head area. I have always held a lot of tension in my shoulders and neck and those muscles go right up your head.

It isn't very likely that you had a stroke or a clot in your brain.

In my experience, the pops, clicks, crackles, etc., are just unsettling more than anything else, and rarely signify anything in and of themselves.

S.C. stated exactly what I would have with regards to the gases being released. We can both *feel* as well as *hear* these noises. I have since learned to just ride with the flow as I'm quite accustomed to them. When I was working with clients who heard them, I'll admit it was a chore trying so very hard to calm them and explain this, because many times those noises would be enough to scare them into avoiding exercises, when in all actuality, it's just a natural occurrence and our bodies doing what they do. We have body parts that need to shift and adjust all the time.

But also as S.C. stated, if you continue to feel concern, then going to your doctor to rule out anything else would be a good thing to do and it would set your mind at ease.








M.