Stich When running

MREGAN

Probably asked over and over but what is the cause and what is the best way to get ride of them?

Cheers in advance

BeepBeep67

Leave the knitting needles at home

misty floyd

Maybe your running just after eating? That always gives me a stich.

Supercell

I've read that it helps to not eat in the hour before running and get plenty of hyradation in the system. Works for me, if I eat before running I always get stiches, but rarely on a empty stomach.
Just run through them - they will go if you stick it out.

Milesandmiles

Focussing on breathing helps me. 10 Long deep breaths.

Enduro

AFAIK, the lads have it right. Stitch is caused by food/liquid in the stomach stretching muscles too much, so running too fast too soon after eating/drinking will be the most likely cause.

MREGAN

Thanks for the replies. I was out again last night and found it much better maybe it was because it was the first run after long lay off.

Racing Flat

Maybe it's to do with the breathing approach you adopt as outlined in your other thread?

Why not just breath naturally, ie don't think about it? I'm sure your lungs know what to do on their own?

In terms of cause, most likely eating too close to the run or starting off at too fast a pace. there is also a school of thought that it could be due to organs banging off ecah other as mentioned below but I'd say if this is true it is probably less common IMHO.

eden_my_ass

For some reason its not well known but word has it (and I never had stitchs running once I switched to this) that breathing out on your left foot strike is far less likely to cause a stitch, its to do with the placement of organs and the pressure that occurs when you attempt to move your diaphragm to breath while hitting the ground....I think its the liver that gets in the way, but can't remember for sure now!

4arc

Might be because you're not fit enough to be running the lenghts you're trying to run. You should build up your distances over a period of time. eg- an extra 100m/week

hunnymonster

eden_my_ass wrote: »

For some reason its not well known but word has it (and I never had stitchs running once I switched to this) that breathing out on your left foot strike is far less likely to cause a stitch, its to do with the placement of organs and the pressure that occurs when you attempt to move your diaphragm to breath while hitting the ground....I think its the liver that gets in the way, but can't remember for sure now!

I have enough trouble with trying not to run into lamp-posts and avoiding puddles. I'm really going to fall over if I have to synchronise breathing and stepping :-)

eden_my_ass

hunnymonster wrote: »

I have enough trouble with trying not to run into lamp-posts and avoiding puddles. I'm really going to fall over if I have to synchronise breathing and stepping :-)

You get used to it, just takes practice, a settled breathing and running pattern is a good thing to develop anyway, just do it with an exhale on the left!

smcgui

Whenever I start to get a stitch I just slow down a bit and take in big breaths of air and hold them for a bit and then blow out, this usually does the trick for me!

joeali101

eden_my_ass wrote: »

For some reason its not well known but word has it (and I never had stitchs running once I switched to this) that breathing out on your left foot strike is far less likely to cause a stitch, its to do with the placement of organs and the pressure that occurs when you attempt to move your diaphragm to breath while hitting the ground....I think its the liver that gets in the way, but can't remember for sure now!

I've tried this on the recommendation of a friend and I must say it works for me,no issues with stiches since:)

Oryx

Im going to try the left foot thing. Up to now I had heard it was because of not expelling all the co2 in your lungs. So a few deep hard exhalations makes it ease. I also heard (somewhere on here) that drinking very cold water can provoke a stitch, lukewarm or room temp is better.