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Has anyone else experienced similar joint or muscle pain?

Intense abdominal (muscle) pain/cramping while running?

  • I've been a long distance runner for around 4 years and I know the biggest causes of muscle cramping are dehydration and improper breathing. The past couple times I've gone running I've started out okay but within the first minute I get a small crap up in my left hip bone area. It feels like a typical cramp you get from breathing too hard (only I'm not) so I just take some deep breaths, but a couple minutes after that the pain shoots across my abdomen and to the other hip. The pain is right around my waistline where my shorts sit and a little below. This may be an awkward way to decribe it but it feels like if I wasn't wearing pants my intestines might fall out lol. I've never had pain like this when running, and my urine before running is a light color so I seem to be well hydrated and I'm running a 10 minute mile pace (can't run too much faster with the pain) and I'm breathing close to normal so I'm not breathing hard at all. I pushed past it and ran 3 miles yesterday, it got better by mile 3 but (especially when going downhill) I had to stop many times because the pain just got too much so I walked it off for a bit. I have had a hernia before and I don't feel any lumps or spots that hurt when I push on them. But I do have a mild achiness on my right abdominal side. Has anyone experienced this before? I've never had cramps that go across your whole body like that from dehydration so I'm not really sure if that's normal or not. Fill me in on any ideas or advice you have. I'm going to the doctor for something else today and I'm going to ask him but idk some pre-ideas to research before going in would be great.

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    Hernias are not always detectable through touch, so that could be the issue. You may be over-training. If your body doesn't have time to recover, it can cause damage to your muscles. Also, while you train your digestion slows temporarily to allow extra blood to get to your muscles. If you are over-training it could be interfering with your digestion. You could have an electrolyte imbalance. In any case, let your doctor know.

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Could be a sports hernia, which are harder to diagnose because they don't present with the typical out-pouching that an inguinal hernia does. See your doctor.

Hernias are not always detectable through touch, so that could be the issue. You may be over-training. If your body doesn't have time to recover, it can cause damage to your muscles. Also, while you train your digestion slows temporarily to allow extra blood to get to your muscles. If you are over-training it could be interfering with your digestion. You could have an electrolyte imbalance. In any case, let your doctor know.

Edward

Could be a sports hernia, which are harder to diagnose because they don't present with the typical out-pouching that an inguinal hernia does. See your doctor.

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