Pain in left chest when running

In our lives, due to our daily work, we often sit in the office for a long time and lack physical exercise. As people's health awareness has gradually strengthened, running has now become a trend. In summer, it can not only achieve the effect of losing weight, but also improve resistance. So what does it mean when you experience left chest pain while running? What is a good solution? I will introduce it to you in detail below.

Generally, healthy people who experience chest pain during long-distance running are mostly caused by improper breathing. One is breathing too quickly. During long-distance running, the body's metabolism is enhanced and the oxygen demand increases. In order to breathe in more oxygen, your breathing not only needs to be faster, but also deeper. Some people do not pay attention to deepening their breathing when running, but only speed up their breathing rate. This makes the respiratory contraction too frequent and over-tense, causing spasms in the respiratory muscles, stimulating the receptors in the respiratory muscles and causing pain. The main respiratory muscles in the human body are the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm. When the intercostal muscles spasm, pain may occur on both sides of the chest. When the diaphragm spasms, pain occurs below the ribs.

When running, you will feel severe pain in the left chest. This is a type of neuralgia, commonly known as a stitch in the side. When you have a stitch in the side, the respiratory muscles spasm, stimulating the receptors in the respiratory muscles and causing pain.

The most important respiratory muscles in the human body are the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm. When the intercostal muscles spasm, pain will occur on both sides of the chest. When the diaphragm spasms, pain occurs under the left and right ribs.

The way to stop and prevent "stuck in the stomach" is:

one. Change shallow breathing to deeper breathing, exhale slowly and deeply, and exhale forcefully. This will allow you to inhale a large amount of air to meet the oxygen needs during exercise, relax your respiratory muscles, and eliminate pain.

two. Adjust your breathing rhythm and coordinate it with your running frequency, so that you can breathe in and out every two steps or three steps.

three. If the pain cannot be relieved by the above methods, you can take a deep breath and hold your breath, tap the painful areas on both sides of the chest or under the ribs, and then take slow, deep breaths. Repeating this several times can gradually relax the respiratory muscles and relieve spasms.

Four. Before strenuous activity, do warm-up exercises to allow the respiratory muscles to gradually adapt to a faster frequency of contraction to avoid spasms.