Why do I feel pain in my lower right abdomen when running? What should I do?

In life, you may have encountered this problem: you haven't exercised for a long time, and suddenly you feel uncomfortable in your stomach when you exercise. So why does the right lower abdomen hurt when running?

What causes right lower abdominal pain when running?

For people who lack exercise, the frequency of intestinal motility is low. If you do not warm up sufficiently before exercise, you are likely to feel discomfort caused by increased intestinal motility, such as pain in the lower abdomen. Some people may have a strong urge to defecate or pass gas while running. These are all manifestations of increased intestinal motility during exercise, so there is no need to worry.

What to do?

1. Warm up thoroughly before exercise

Many discomforts during exercise, such as lower abdominal pain, even gasping and muscle cramps, are closely related to warm-up before exercise. The more thorough the warm-up, the lower the chance of these discomforts. Warming up is different from stretching. Warming up is to warm up the body with some light activities, stimulate muscle elasticity, increase blood circulation, and prepare the body.

Warm-up activities can be done in the following ways: start with high-leg walking, then jog on the spot, run on the spot with high-legs, run with back kicks, and jump jacks. You can do each of these movements for one minute. After doing these movements, if you feel slightly out of breath or even about to sweat but haven't yet, this feeling is right. Then do a few stretching movements, and you can enter the real practice.

2. The interval between exercise time and meal time

Everyone knows that you should not exercise within a short period of time after a meal, but most people think that half an hour is enough. In fact, it should be longer. If you are doing long-distance running exercises or relatively formal fitness exercises of moderate intensity or above, it is best to leave more than 1 hour or even 2 hours between meals and exercise. Only then will your body enter the best exercise state, and the impact of meals on the stomach will basically end.

3. What to do if you experience lower abdominal pain while running?

If you experience lower abdominal pain due to increased intestinal motility while running, you don't need to stop. You can slow down your speed and pace and take deep breaths. This will relieve the pain in a few minutes. If the pain is severe, you can stop and walk instead of running. Take deep breaths again. The pain will be relieved after a few minutes, and you can continue running.

Of course, the lower abdominal pain during exercise mentioned by the uncle must first rule out other diseases, and it only occurs during exercise, which is more suitable for healthy people. If your lower abdominal pain has nothing to do with exercise or not, and it hurts often, then the uncle recommends that you see a doctor.

Well, now that you know this knowledge, you don’t have to worry about lower abdominal pain when running!