stitches

[bluesmartiew]

why do you get stitches when you exercise?

[funkymoped]

Is it because you fall over and cut ya knee ??

[Ausf-A]

One theory �s that the organs such as the liver and stomach when digesting food, lose blood to the newly exercising muscles, and become painful due to the lowered blood flow. Also, the abdominal organs are held in place by connective tissue, so exercise can cause them to move around. Again a cause of abdominal pain. The stitch is also known as exercise related transient abdominal pains.

[bobjim1705]

Stitches are a form of cramp in the muscles responsible for moving the diaphragm up and down, which is in turn, responsible for forcing air in/out of the lungs.

The muscles that aid in the diaphragms movement can get cramp, just like other muscles in the body, when you over-exercise them, and lactic acid builds up.

[Ausf-A]

@ tabathazig, surely you noticed I used the word also, which denotes a separate clause or theorem. Having a degree in Exercise Physiology might not qualify me for these answers if the likes of you are there to offer better solutions.

[JustSia]

Have a look at this site...

http://www.slimming.co.uk/exercise/results/lactic-acid.htm

S.

[JustSia]

Tabathazig, by no means was I correcting Ausf-A. And if you read the article properly you would see that there is no 100% right answer for this question. Lactic acid explains fatigue but not the pain.

Ausf-A was spot on regarding blood supply, this is why you are always told to wait at least 2 hours after meal before exercising. Still it doesn't explain pain. Perhaps putting all theories together (blood supply, de-oxygenation, lactic acid, etc) there might be a better understanding of it. But knowing one out of many theories isn't bad either.

S.