Exercise and sinus congestion

Hi I sometimes see same issues if I work out my legs hard or total body type workouts. I've been able to reduce getting sick by eating more protein throughout the day like 3x more then I use to . Also taking vitamins regularly including zinc , magnesium and ginseng. I think my body was getting sick in Pat cause I wasn't feeding it the right things...so now I eat good proteins and good carbs every 2 hours...I just want eating enough of the right things before. Haven't been sick in 3 years now. Hope this helps

I have sinus issues that can get worse during/ after exercise. I was using an over-the-counter steriod spray but my doctor said overusing steroid sprays can cause them to lose their efficacy. She suspected I had issues with post-nasal drip, causing me to have to constantly clear my throat when I run. She prescribed me ipratropium bromide. It really dried my sinuses (almost too much at first) but I'm used to it now and use it only when I am going to exercise (about 2 hours before).

Hope this is helpful info.

When the weather got cold here and I ran, I started to get sinus headaches. Seems to hit me at 40 degrees and below. It was pretty bad. I ran this weekend (it was over 50) and no issues. So for me there's something with the cold.

I had chronic sinusitis for 2 years before finally going to an ENT doctor last year. It always started in fall and lasted until l late spring/early summer. (but I could always feel 'something' there. He prescribed a steroid spray which I was to use until empty (about 5 or 6 weeks). He did allergy testing and determined my problems might have been allergy induced, but by the time I was done with the round of treatment, it was summer so difficult to know how things would be when once again the weather turned. Well, I survived the winter. I did have a prescribed bottle of spray that I was to use at the onset of any nasal congestion. I only needed to use it for a few consecutive days this whole winter. The thing that changed the most over this past year was that I took daily vitamin and mineral supplements (after labs came back that I was deficient) and I took a daily probiotic. My overall health this year was awesome. My husband and sons didn't take vitamin and mineral supplements, but they did add a daily probiotic. They went from catching every little bug to rarely being sick. I always knew that probiotics are supposed to be good for you, but only recently in retrospect started to actually believe that they actually do help. So my advice would be definitely see your doctor, and either start taking a probiotic, or start doing some research about probiotics and gut health. I had no idea our digestive system had so much to do with our immune system and the rest of our bodies. You can also do a search on probiotics and sinusitus, I just googled a little while ago and found some interesting articles on the subject.

**edited to add, the 2 years when I was having my sinus issues, working out was almost impossible as any movement of my head caused horrible pressure and I was just miserable. The fact that I can actually breath out both sides of my nostrils at the same time (and deeply!) is actually pretty amazing.

***Also wanted to mention...even before my 2 year CS problem, my husband and I used a Netti Pot a few times a year. I just now realized that neither of us have needed to use one a single time this past year. Whether that is due to our consumption of probiotics, I truly cannot say, but that is the only thing that we both have changed this past year.