Posted by Bob P on March 02, 1999 at 13:02:42:
In Reply to: Drugless Pain Reliever posted by Art L on March 02, 1999 at 11:53:51:
You've found it Art. During my last cluster I found that exercise, squats, aborted the HA within 10 minutes. When I woke up with one starting I still took my cafergot tabs (just in case) before I went downstairs to exercise. The HA was gone before the cafergot could kick in so I'm sure it was the squats. I went 60 for 60 in aborting them. If there's such a thing as a good cluster, this was it. Another guy on this page, Ken, tried it and it worked for him too.
I'm not sure if the mechanics involve Oxegenation of the blood from the heavy breathing, the brain releasing endorphins or a change in the blood flow to the big leg muscles but whatever it is, it sure works. I tend to think it's the O2. Others have posted that simply hyperventilating did it for them.
Stick with what works. It sure beats walking around between HAs, hungover from taking meds.