I sometimes have migraine headaches, but I have reduced their incidence by taking 500 mg daily of magnesium, avoiding certain triggers and drinking more water. But one trigger I can't avoid is racing goggles...I still get headaches for two or three days after a meet because of the pressure tight goggles place below my brows. Anyone have any suggestions? I wear women's speedo racing goggles as loose as I can without them falling off....
I used the Barracuda goggles for many years when i first started using goggles to practice. You can buy prescription lenses for them too. They are bigger and clunckier than say the vanquisher or typical AG swim goggle, but very compfortable. However, I never had much luck off the blocks with these goggles. So, would warm for masters meets and swim events without any goggles and use just the Barracuda goggles for practice. Eventually started practicing with smaller speedo goggles like my kids used, but still don't feel very comfortable diving with them from a block. May still try swim events without any goggles. You can't see as well across the pool lanes, but can see swimmers along side ok and the wall. It's not as drastic as you might think. You don't have to worry about losing them when you start or tightiening them to the point where they cause headaches at meets. Obviously you can't wear contacts without goggles.
I used the Barracuda goggles for many years when i first started using goggles to practice. You can buy prescription lenses for them too. They are bigger and clunckier than say the vanquisher or typical AG swim goggle, but very compfortable. However, I never had much luck off the blocks with these goggles. So, would warm for masters meets and swim events without any goggles and use just the Barracuda goggles for practice. Eventually started practicing with smaller speedo goggles like my kids used, but still don't feel very comfortable diving with them from a block. May still try swim events without any goggles. You can't see as well across the pool lanes, but can see swimmers along side ok and the wall. It's not as drastic as you might think. You don't have to worry about losing them when you start or tightiening them to the point where they cause headaches at meets. Obviously you can't wear contacts without goggles.
