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Pain in the side when walking

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Last reviewed: 20.11.2021
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Often a person is faced with a situation where, with rapid movements, he has pain in his side when walking. This can happen during a run or even a slow walk. What are the causes of this pain?

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Causes of pain in the side when walking

One of the reasons why there is pain in the side is the cold muscles. A person begins to move violently, moving from a slow walk to a fast one, and he starts to stab in the side - or the pain is cutting. To aggravate the situation can also be that a person ate and could not stand a half or two hours after that, and immediately gave himself a physical load. What are the explanations for the biological processes of pain in the side?

Blood during rapid movements does not pass through the diaphragm, but immediately passes into the limb. The diaphragm plays the role of a partition between two zones. In one is the stomach and abdomen, and in the other - the lungs and heart.

A diaphragm is a muscle that plays one of the main roles in the breathing system, and if it lacks air or blood with blood flow, it protests. When the diaphragm does not get enough blood and nutrients with blood flow, it spasms. Then the person has a sharp pain in the side.

Another explanation for stitching pains in the side is that during a walk or a quick run, the intestine increases and then it presses against the diaphragm, which reacts very badly to it. She is injured and tense, so in the side of the person starts to hurt. In fact, it hurts not the side itself, but the ligament of the diaphragm, which have been subjected to pressure.

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How to neutralize the pain in the side when walking?

After eating, you need to wait at least two or three hours, and then apply physical activity

Do not drink a lot of water directly on the workout, because the water has the ability to expand the intestines, it will press on the diaphragm and pain may appear in the side

If the pain still appears, try to draw in the belly, breathe deeply through the nose, and then the abdominal muscles will tonify. The pain should decrease.

Pull the abdominal press with a wide elastic belt. Such a belt is often used by runners to make the waist thinner as a result of sweating. The pain will not be so intense and will soon disappear

Do not exercise yourself heavily with physical exercises and do not apply other cardinal measures - the lack of any exercises at all. Provided that the muscles will warm up constantly and evenly, the pain in the side when walking will not bother you.

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