What to do if my back hurts due to poor breathing

A stitch in the side is a very common phenomenon. Most of the causes of a stitch in the side are due to the human body suddenly entering a tense state from a quiet state, which makes it difficult for the internal organs of the body to move, and there is no way to meet the oxygen and nutrients required for muscle movement. Generally, when a stitch in the side occurs, you can take a deep breath and hold your breath, or let someone hammer your chest from top to bottom to relieve the pain.

Side stitch is also known as acute chest and rib pain and internal injury of the chest and ribs, which falls under the category of internal injury in traditional Chinese medicine. A stitch in the side is caused by injury to the qi, blood, internal organs, and meridians. When the human body is stimulated by external stimuli, it causes pain on one side of the chest and flank or pain in the shoulder and back, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. The pain worsens when coughing or taking a deep breath. The pain is widespread and the patient moves around unsteadily. Sometimes the patient is unable to lie flat, and is afraid to bend forward, turn forward or sideways.

The cause of a stitch in the side is that the body is in a static state, but it is performing too sudden movement, such as weightlifting, pushing a cart, jumping, climbing or carrying heavy objects. Excessive or improper force or sudden injury to the air intake causes the air to gather in the chest and cannot dissipate. From the perspective of Western medicine, this sudden high-intensity activity causes the muscles to enter a state of tension for a short period of time, but the internal organs are very inert and cannot move immediately to meet the nutrients and oxygen needed for muscle activity, so the respiratory muscles become tense and spasms occur. Or when the body needs more oxygen for activity, if you breathe improperly and just speed up your breathing rate without deepening your breathing, the oxygen still cannot be met by the muscles, which can also cause stitches in the side.

1. Main acupoints for treating diseases: Tanzhong, Zhangmen, Qimen, Zhongfu, Yunmen, Dazhui, Feishu, Geshu, Jueyinshu, Xinshu, Neiguan. Acupoints: For patients with subluxation of costovertebral joints or thoracic facet joints, add back-shu points at corresponding locations.

Massage therapy method 1: Rub the painful area with a hot towel, and then apply a hot compress with a wet hot towel for 3 to 5 minutes. Then use the base of your palm or the pads of your four fingers to gently massage the painful point and its surrounding area for 3 minutes. Then press the Zhangmen, Qimen, Dabao, Tanzhong, Riyue, Zhongfu, Feishu, Geshu and other acupoints for 1 minute each.

Method 2: Use your thumb to pluck the spasmodic cord-like muscle, horizontally from the inside to the outside, until the cord changes from hard to soft and smaller.

Method 3: Take a deep breath and hold it. Use your fists to hit the left and right sides of your chest from top to bottom, then take a slow, deep breath. After repeating this several times, the respiratory muscles will relax and the pain will be relieved.

Method 4: While taking a long and slow deep breath, squeeze the painful area with your hands to relieve the pain. Method 5: When another person massages, press one hand on the painful area and the other hand on the back, and rotate and massage with both palms at the same time.

2. Gua Sha Therapy

Take the scraper at a 45-degree angle and scrape the bladder meridian from Dagan, Fengmen, Feishu, Yinyu, Xinshu, diaphragm, liver, spleen to Shenshu. Then scrape the Du meridian from top to bottom, from Datuizhi to Zhiyang, and then scrape the Ren meridian from the middle to Zhongyuan section, and then scrape Zhangmen, Qimen 1, Riyue, Neiguan and Zusanli Taichong, each point for 2 minutes.

3. Cupping therapy

Cupping method: Place the cupping jar on the painful area, that is, cupping is done where it hurts, and leave the cupping jar on for about 10 minutes

Cupping method: Lie prone, place the cupping jar on the back, and then push and pull along the Huatuo Jiaji acupoints for about 10-15 minutes. Hua Tuo Jiaji acupoints are placed on the first cupping jar until red bruises appear on the skin.

From the thoracic vertebra to the fifth thoracic vertebra, push each vertebra 0.5 inches lateral to the inferior aspect of the lata. The simplest method is to push and pull the cupping jar along both sides of the spine.

4. Small method, big effect

The patient stands, relaxes his whole body, holds his breath, and leans back slightly. The other person stands back to back with the patient, arms clasped around their waists. Then bend the knees and lift the patient up on his back, so that both feet of the patient are off the ground. Then let the patient cough hard while shaking the patient's waist and back, and finally slowly put the patient down.

5. Prevention is better than cure

Stitches can be prevented by practicing proper breathing during physical activities. First of all, before strenuous activity, you should do warm-up exercises to allow the respiratory muscles to adapt to a faster frequency of contraction. Then you need to pay attention to the depth of your breathing. The correct way is to take deep breaths, exhale slowly and deeply, and exhale forcefully. This way you can inhale a large amount of air to meet the muscles' need for oxygen during exercise, and then adjust your breathing rhythm to coordinate it with the frequency of exercise. When exercising in winter, try to breathe through your nose because the air you inhale through your nose is warm. If you breathe through your mouth, try to keep your mouth half open to allow cold air to enter through the gaps between your teeth to prevent cold air from irritating your internal organs. After the stitches are gone, you can continue to engage in physical activities without any harm or impact on your body.