How Fever rookie Caitlin Clark deals with migraines during games
LAS VEGAS -- Adrenaline is more than just something Fever rookie Caitlin Clark uses for her stats-defying feats on the court. It's also something that helps her through some of her migraine attacks.
Clark had a migraine throughout Indiana's game against Phoenix on Sunday, but she still nearly had the Fever's first triple-double with 15 points, 12 assists, and nine rebounds. Migraines are something she's suffered through since she was young, and at this point, she knows how to play through them.
"Adrenaline is a lot of it for me, once the game stops, that's when I really feel it," Clark said. "It's hard, but honestly, I've suffered from them since I was a very young kid, so I found a way to manage it and still go about my business."
In-game, adrenaline can help her work through it -- making the flashing lights and crowd noise both detrimental and helpful. After the game, when the adrenaline stops, is a different story.
"Everybody around me knows that's what I deal with, and there's a lot bigger problems in the world, I'm lucky mine is just migraines, so I could have a lot worse things to deal with," Clark said. "Phoenix had a great crowd, a great environment. The lights in there were crazy, the music was crazy, so that certainly didn't help. But, I mean, I honestly think it's adrenaline that gets me through most games."
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: How Fever rookie Caitlin Clark deals with migraines during games
