[Tithers]

Ok...this happened yesterday at the end of the school day.<br><br>
It has also happened after a spin class or 2...and some other times.<br><br>
I occaisionally get a Charlie horse in my left abdomen. Same spot every time.<br><br>
No one else I know gets them there.<br><br>
My abs are still sore from yesterday.<br><br>
I wonder if it has anything to do w/surgery incisions...but all my skin was removed, so I don't know if there was anything there to begin with.

 

[ericd256]

When The Pain Hits My Left Side Its More A Constipation Or Gas Thang

 

[Stitcher]

Maybe you're just engaging that part of your abs when you do spin?<br>
I find that I'll have sore abs after working out, when the workout didn't seem all that hard at the time.<br>
It'll take a day or two, too. DOMS, I guess.<br><br>
I always blame Lisa for the things that are sore on my body. She can take it!

 

[Chris the Wheeler]

Make sure it's not this problem:<br><br><img alt="" src="http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/alien17.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br><img alt="" src="http://www.worth1000.com/entries/52000/52188taCY_w.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[merigayle]

i wonder if it has anything to do with your scar tissue?

 

[Tri_coach06]

Are you sure your not getting stitches? Have you tried belly breathing to relieve it?<br><br>
CS

 

[Abb94]

When I get a stitch, it is sore for days afterward.

 

[Tithers]

Sheldon...it's NOT a stitch...it's a Charlie Horse <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"><br><br>
Yes...I belly breathe when I exercise...sometimes I get the charlie horse STRETCHING....like when I touch my toes after a workout.<br><br>
It still hurts now from yesterday...

 

[Tithers]

When you say stitches are y'all referring to side stitches while running?<br>
Like when your insides hurt.

 

[wipaddler]

I got one there once and I was so excited because it proved to me that under all of this copious amounts of fluffyness I do have an ab muscle in there some where!!

 

[LookiLoo]

<br>
I have nothing to offer Tithers, but what is that? <img alt="sad1.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad1.gif">

 

[muzicgrl]

I get weird pains in my ab region (cramps) often when I am running. I have had the pain last for up to a few days (though I wouldnt describe it as a Charlie horse). My problems went away when I started taking magnesium.

 

[Stitcher]

<img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
I'm reasonably sure he ain't referrin' to ME!<br><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[Tithers]

I never get them while running...my muscles just tense up and make me say oh $hiiiiiiiiit!

 

[merigayle]

<br>
Magnesium cured my chronic leg cramps years ago. I still take it during periods of heavy training and around races.

 

[Silly Sally]

Perhaps the pain is from scar tissue inside (adhesions) due to your operation. I've had tons of problems from these, including requiring more surgery after a surgery to cut (release) them and also complicating another operation due to an organ being hidden by them ...<br><br>
Sally

 

[Tithers]

Bonnie...I hope you're WRONG. Tithers needs no more surgeries.<br><br>
Luckily, it's "random" and not "often"

 

[runbikesink]

It happens to me quite often and has for years. It usually happens after a hard workout. I am prone to charlie horses in my calves and feet as well. The other day after a long run, I bent over to stretch and my tricep cramped...not this one was new. It has never happened before, but I could literally not move my arm for like an entire minute. I lost a lot of salt...i know i did because I was covered in it. I think it might have something to do with tensing the muscles and not getting enough hydration...but it is a total guess.

 

[corrade]

Maybe get a foam roller in there or something. I use a big foam softball on my my occasional ab knot.

 

[muzicgrl]

You might want to try the magnesium thing. I was cramping in my arches and calves while swimming and in my legs while sleeping or after biking and it all went away after a few days on a mg supplement.