Contents:
- Medical Video: Exercises for Better Health : Stretching for Abdominal Adhesions
- How to avoid stitch?
- 1. Avoid eating and drinking in large quantities for 2 hours before exercise
- 2. Avoid drinking drinks that are hypertonic before exercising
- 3. Increasing exercise intensity little by little
- 4. Using supportive broad belt
- What if you have already experienced it stitch when exercising?
Medical Video: Exercises for Better Health : Stretching for Abdominal Adhesions
Have you ever felt upper abdominal pain near the ribs while running? Or maybe you often experience it? You most likely experience athlete’s stitch or side stitch.
Conditions that are often referred to briefly as stitch this is a pain that feels on the right or left side of the body, right along the meeting between the ribs / ribs and the upper abdomen. Pain can feel like being pierced or like cramping.
This condition is often experienced by those who exercise by moving the torso (torso) repeatedly, such as running, swimming, and cycling. About 70% of runners can experience this. This condition will get worse if you have just eaten a few moments before exercise.
This condition is not a serious condition. But of course this will interfere and make your exercise activities unpleasant.
How to avoid stitch?
1. Avoid eating and drinking in large quantities for 2 hours before exercise
Many complained stitch after eating and drinking in large quantities. However, of course you need energy to exercise. For that, eat early, for example 3-4 hours before exercising. The shortest allowable pause between big meals and exercise is 2 hours so you don't experience it stitch. To maintain hydration, drink small amounts but often.
2. Avoid drinking drinks that are hypertonic before exercising
Hypertonic drinks or high concentrated drinks can trigger emergence stitch. Hypertonic drinks are drinks that contain high amounts of carbohydrates. To maintain your body fluids before exercise, you should consume water or sports drinks (sports drink) just before exercise.
3. Increasing exercise intensity little by little
Stitch rarely relapse if you do a sport whose intensity is not too much different from what you normally do. If you never exercise, then suddenly you start exercising in high intensity, you will be more prone to experience stitch.
4. Using supportive broad belt
Supportive broad belts — which look like corsets — can limit movement of the torso during exercise. The less movement on the torso, the more likely you are to experience it stitch will do little.
What if you have already experienced it stitch when exercising?
Deep and deep breathing is one of the recommended ways to deal with this pain. Another way you can try is pressing the location of the pain. You should also stop exercising for a moment.
