So, I have a question. It needs some background:
For the last few weeks, I have been getting a persistent side-stitch about two inches to the left of my navel. The ache starts shortly after I begin walking -- and I'm talking easy-stroll kind of walking, not strenuous power strides.
I spent the past weekend hiking in Colorado with friends, and I didn't get the side-stitch once. Not once. I hiked about five mountainous miles on Saturday, and another six on Sunday. Flat, uphill, downhill. Leisurely to strenuous. No side-stitch.
But today, I'm back at work, back in real life, and I started feeling my g.d. side-stitch on a very short walk to the ATM.
Now, I have an incredible amount of things to get done this week with very limited time. (Um, I got a new job. This is my last week at UC, and I start my new job next Monday. More on that later, because it deserves its own post. But I will say that I'm really freaking excited!) I'm also loaded down with reading for school this week, and I'm preparing for friends coming to visit this weekend. But these are all good things. There is a lot to do, and I feel a little overwhelmed, but I don't feel any urgent panic.
But despite my relative calm about my schedule, I am wondering if this cramp is actually stress related. So my question is this: is it possible to get a stress-related side-stitch? And if I'm feeling relatively calm about everything, how am I supposed to manage a stress-related cramp?
Help me! What do you think?
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I get side stitches when I've been drinking and when I've eaten too much. Sometimes both. Sometimes the drinking leads me to believe I can power walk. Hmm.... maybe my side stitch is not related to yours? You'd probably know if this was full belly or drinking related. (I doubt you've been drinking on your way to the ATM.) Have you tried deep yoga breathing when you get them? It could be stress related because we don't breath as deeply as we should when we're stressed... don't know how that correlates to lower abdominal pain... but it's worth a shot?
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