What to do if you get a stitch in the side

People who do not exercise regularly may experience a stitch in the side when they suddenly exercise, and a stitch in the side makes people feel very uncomfortable. It usually occurs when you exert too much force suddenly or improperly. In severe cases, it may cause bleeding, and the blood will remain in the chest cavity. If it is not treated for a long time or is improperly treated, it will cause tuberculosis. So if we want to exercise, it is best to do warm-up exercises and preparations in advance.

Some people often find themselves getting stitches in the side and feeling very uncomfortable, and they mistakenly think they have some other serious illness. So many people want to know how to deal with it when they get a stitch in the side. In order to solve everyone's problems, here are some feasible solutions.

1. Change your superficial shallow breathing to deeper breathing, inhale 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.

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

3. 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, then take a few deep breaths slowly. Repeat several times to gradually relax the respiratory muscles and relieve spasms.

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

5. When exercising in winter, try to breathe through your nose. If you breathe through your mouth, keep your mouth half open to allow cold air to enter your mouth through the gaps between your teeth to prevent excessive stimulation from the cold air.

After the "stitch in the side" is gone, you still need to rest for a few minutes before continuing your physical activities to avoid any harm or impact on your body. Massage therapy has a good effect in treating stitches in the side. In clinical practice, pressing, kneading, kneading, rolling, tapping, and rubbing are often used on the chest. The patient is asked to lie on his back or side, and the operator stands on the patient's right side and applies massage, one-finger Zen, or rolling method to the bladder meridian on the back. Then press the Tianzong, Dashu, Zhangmen, Yunmen and other acupoints. Then ask the patient to sit on a stool, and the operator stands behind the patient and rubs along the ribs with the palms of both hands. Apply wintergreen ointment before rubbing to increase the efficacy and prevent damage to the skin during rubbing. Through the above treatment, the disordered Qi in the chest and flanks can be unblocked, Qi and blood can flow smoothly, and the symptoms will disappear. If it is still ineffective, try the lifting-end method or the lifting-pushing method.

These are some common ways to eliminate stitches in the side. If you find yourself getting stitches in the side often and don’t know what to do, you can try the above methods. If you feel that there are other discomforts in your body, don't just take some medicine and think that the problem is solved. You must go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment.