Why does lower abdominal pain occur when running?

Many people often experience symptoms of lower abdominal pain. In fact, lower abdominal pain is quite common. Most of the time, it is caused by personal physical reasons. Generally, it is mainly considered to be lower abdominal pain caused by running or other problems caused by running. As long as everyone takes certain prevention and treatment in daily life, it can be improved.

The essence of a stitch in the side is that the body suddenly goes from a static state to a state of motion, the muscles become tense, and a large amount of oxygen is suddenly needed. However, the lungs cannot increase the amount of air inhaled as quickly as the muscles to meet the oxygen needed for muscle activity. Therefore, under the action of the sympathetic nerves, the diaphragm (the diaphragm is the main respiratory muscle, located between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity) suddenly increases its work, resulting in uncoordinated contraction of the diaphragm, thereby causing diaphragm stiffness and other phenomena, which will cause pain. In addition, improper breathing is also one of the causes of stitches in the side. Simply increasing your breathing rate while breathing shallowly can cause tension in your respiratory muscles and lead to spasms.

Apart from the pain, the stitch in the side itself will not cause any more harm. As the exercise continues, the body will get "warmed up", the muscle spasms will gradually be relieved, the pain will gradually disappear, and the stitch in the side will gradually improve.

Common causes of side stitches:

▲If you don’t do warm-up exercises seriously before running, your body will suddenly enter a state of intense exercise.

▲Breathing without rhythm and too shallow while running leads to breathing disorder, the human body cannot get enough oxygen, and causes diaphragm incoordination.

▲Running immediately after a meal or drinking a lot of water will cause excessive vibration and stretching of the gastrointestinal tract, causing pain.

How to prevent stitches? Do not skip warm-up exercises before running. Do some gentle exercises or jogging to increase your heart rate appropriately and allow your respiratory muscles to gradually adapt to the exercise state you are entering.

Start running slowly and gradually increase to a normal speed. Don't speed up all at once. What should I do if I get a stitch in the side? A stitch in the side is caused by spasm of the respiratory muscles, so the solution is very simple. Slow down, adjust your breathing rhythm, take slow and deep breaths, and massage the painful area with your hands to relieve the pain. In addition, you can do the following two actions:

1. Stretch your diaphragm for 20 to 30 seconds. How to do it: Cross your hands and raise them above your head with your palms facing up. Take continuous deep breaths to expand your chest while jogging on tiptoe for 20 to 30 seconds.

2. Cross your legs and bend down, hold for 30 seconds, then switch legs and cross them, bend down again and hold for 30 seconds.