why does my side hurt when i jog?
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you might have eaten a little while before you started jogging. i got the same problem. you should wait at least a half an hour after you eat before you start jogging. also, if you jog kinda fast, start out slow first, then build up speed to what you usually jog at.
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Try making sure you are hydrated properly, it is a crucial factor, but it could be anatomical.  You're most likely exhaling when your right side is hitting the pavement.  This causes your internal organs to expand to fill the gap as your diaphragm moves upward.  This tension causes a pain in your side (either side).  The best way to avoid this is to, when you feel the pain begin, is to take several LONG breaths.  Also, try exhaling when your left foot hits the ground.  If all else fails, physically shortening the distance your organs have to expand (i.e. leaning to that side) will also do miracles to alleviate that pain.\n\nGood Luck
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Jogging is a high-impact form of exercise, so it is rough on your joints in general.  If you can jog on a softer surface like a natural trail or special trails that have a foam like texture, or inside at a fitness center, that might help.\n\nDepending on your age and other factors, this could be a symptom of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or deterioration of the cartilige in your knee.  If it only hurts for a few minutes, I would just try finding a softer surface, or you could consider switching to a lower impact exercise like bicycling.  If it starts to interfere with your daily activity, then you should see a doctor or orthopedic surgeon for advice.
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Wow it is so tough to answer after a former Olympic Athlete, but your problem could be just trapped air in your system.  Next time you are out on a run and this pain begin try  repressed breathing.  Do this by holding you lips somewhat tightly together when you exhale, much like that of a trumpet player with out the buzzing sound.  This will force the air out of the pocket in your body.  Now one of two things is going to happened, you will burp or you will fart, but bottom line the trapped air has to move and release the pain.  Much like MH's coach the tightening of the muscles get rid of the air bubbles\nBest of luck.\nCoach
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Take a Dixie cup or some other small paper cup and put water in there and freeze it.  After you get back from the run, grab the ice and tear of the paper a little ways to uncover the ice.  Then use it to massage your ankles and shins.  This really helps stop the swelling and inflamation and thus the pain.  Popping a few Advil can also help get rid of the inflamation.  Try running on grass.  It's softer and absorbs more of the force.  Also go out to a running store and have them help you pick out shoes.  I remember walking into one once and they had me take off my shoes and walk in front of them.  They came back with a pair of shoes the fit my high arches perfectly and gave me the right amount of support.  It was pretty amazing and it did help my shin splints get better.  If you find that the right shoes, grass running, and ice massages don't help, you may actually have stress fractures.  Give it a few weeks to see if the pain goes away.  If you still have it, and it hurts to even walk, go into your doctor for an xray.  Before I got really good shoes I had shin splints so bad that I was actually getting really close to tearing through my tendions.  At least that's what my doctor said.  Hope that helps!  Oh, and one last thing, never ignore the pain.  It means that your body needs to recover and heal.  I used to just "walk off" most of my injuries, including pulled muscles in my back.  I ended up doing a lot of damage to my body and I can't run anymore.  I'm only 23 and was a competative sprinter for 6 years.  I cant even take a lesurly jog anymore.  Not to feak you out, but take care of yourself!
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Stop the jogging and go to a doctor.  \n\nThere is not enough information to give an answer here.  \n1) Do you smoke?\n2) How long have you been jogging or is this new?\n3) Do you have any prior medical history with chest heart or lung?\n4) Does the pain go away quickly after you stop or take hours?\n5) Family history of heart or lung disease?\n6) Are you over weight?\n6) Are you diabetic?\n7) Are you taking medications?
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Shin splints is a condition where there is pain in the anterior tibia caused by overuse of the anterior tibilias muscle. They are most common in inexperienced runners or runners who overtrain. The pain is usually worsened by exertion and other factors:\n\n- Running on hard surfaces\n- Insufficient padding in the shoes \n- Over-pronated and/or flat feet can also lead to increased stress on the lower leg muscles during exercise\n- High arched feet can experience shin splint discomfort because this foot type is a poor shock absorber.\n\nThe treatment for shin splints is rest. Running and other strenuous lower limb activities should be avoided until the pain subsides and is no longer elicited by activity. In conjunction with rest, icing and anti-inflammatories may be suggested by a doctor or trainer, though there is some controversy over their effectiveness. A contributing cause of shin splints in some cases is the relative weakness of the muscles on the anterior of the lower leg compared to those in the calf. In this case exercises that preferentially strengthen the anterior muscles may help alleviate or avoid shin splints.\n\nIf you are just starting to run. Take it easy and progress into a walking program first before running. Here are some links for progression:\n\n12-week walking schedule\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/walking_schedule.html\n\nBeginning a Jogging Program\nhttp://preventdisease.com/fitness/fitness_jogging.html\n\nA Rundown on Shin Splints\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/rundown_shin_splints.shtml
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Ouch, I sympthasize with you.  As a runner, I know what's like to go down.\n\nIt sounds like the pain could be your hamstring.  I doubt it, because you have pain in the glutes.  \n\nYou may want to do a search on "piriformis syndrome" and see if the symptoms match your own.\n\nhttp://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/piri.html\n\nPS can be treated by stretching, anti-inflamatories and sitting on a tennis ball (or using it to massage the area).\n\nI'd also suggest visiting a doctor or orthopedic guy for a full assessment.\n\nYou may also want to use http://www.coolrunning.com injury information area for further self-diagnosis.\n\nGood luck.
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Depends on diet and rest. Drink lots of water, avoid carbonated/diuretic drinks, and even though it's painful, stretch as much as possible. Also, be sure to get a good night's sleep! After three days, even if it still aches, still run again! Take an aspirin before hand, stretch, and warm-up your muscles before doing so. After 10 minutes you won't feel it and you will maintain a certain pace for your body to remember ensuring a quicker recovery time. Keep it up! After your first week you won't hurt anymore.
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Hi. If you are getting sharp pains on your side when you perform these tasks it could be that you are not drinking enough water and also too you are a parent so you may not be heeding to go to bathroom when you need to do so. You need to eat more fruits, drink water and do some abdominal exercises to relieve any muscle tensions which may have built up there as well as toxins. It started a few days so you need to tend  to it immediately. It could also be a strain from sitting too much, picking up your son and may also have heightened during sex so lil massage wud help. Water, exercise, massage and timely trips to bathroom.\nTake care\nAngel.
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Oh, I run both! I'm #1 in my conference. I could make a training schedule for you but I don't know your goals or how long you've been running. So email me and I'll be glad to help. Be sure to always drink alot of water. And do some jumps after about a 20 min. run. That will make your legs strong. And STRECH!! Do abs. Running, beleive it or not, has a big effect on your running.Don't drink water within 30 min. of a run or eat anything for an hour before either. This will prevent you from getting side cramps, witch are so painful they caused me to drop out of a race once, and make me lose a race I was winning and I ended up falling and losing 19 places within 800 meters to the finsh line. It sucked! So email me, I'd love to help! dollars_xc@yahoo.com
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I have the same "problem". It is just the way your body fat is distributed around your abdomen area. Not a big deal, unless it is painful. :o)
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Here's how you do it.\n\nDrink lots and lots of water everyday, morning noon and night. Instead of walking 8 miles do speed intervals, you have to trick your heart into ramping up blood flow then slowing back down, ramping back up again and slowing down. This will help with the hurting of the sides because you are easing into a long-distance run rather than shocking you body in essence. It is very normal for your sides to hurt, it means you have to fight through the pain though, if you lose the weight, sooner then later they will stop hurting. \n\nSince you are 16 yrs old you burn about 2100-2200 calories a day. To lose a pound of fat you have to burn about 3500 calories. From here on out it is nothing but a numbers game. Consume only about 1500 calories per day and you will be losing about 1-2 pounds a week with daily exercise. Remember the fat content on labels isn't the concern, the number of calories is.\n\nAlways eat breakfast and never eat after 9:00pm. If you don't eat in the morning you are guaranteed to overeat at night.
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I used to have the same problem while I ran cross country. I went from running 2 mile races to 5 mile work outs to prepare for state championship. It took me a while to finally master it but, as long as you run two miles a day without stopping it will get easier and easier. Every day run a little bit more. Then, try speed walking for the next two miles for a "cool down". If this fails, doutful, than try jogging 4 miles VERY SLOWLY--- go at your own pace. Don't get fustrated if it hurts and takes a while. That is natural. Best wishes!
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I'm not an expert or anything, but I would go with walking, just because jogging is worse on your joints, would probably cause arthritis or make current arthritis worse.
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Running pain in the shin is commonly known as shin spints. There are three main causes: Stress fracture of the tibia, pulling of the muscle away from the tibia, and soreness from over use. \n\nUnless you are putting in hard milage on an unforgiving surface, I would guess that it's the third cause. It can be caused by running on hard surfaces and running hard on tight turns indoors. I've also seen it happen to people who have shoes that are too large. They curl their toes in an attempt to hold their shoes in place and that causes the muscle to tense up causing problems. Trying to hold your ankles in a fixed position can also cause it. \n\nHere is an exercize that you can try that may help: First you need a towel. Sit on a chair. Spread the towel on the floor. Place your feet so that your toes are on the towel, but your feet are on the floor. Pull the towel towards you by curling your toes. Try to move as much of the towel under your feet as you can, just by pulling it with your toes. (It's hard to do.)\n\n\nKnee problems can be caused by shoes that don't provide enough cushioning or don't have the right kind support for your running mechanics. If your ankles pronate (rotate in) or supinate (rotate out) on each stride, that force gets transmitted up to your knees. Wearing shoes that are right for your body mechanics could clear up the problem. You may have to have a gait analysis done.\n\nThere are a lot of stretches for your hamstrings. A common one is a modified hurdlers stretch. Sit on the ground, put the sole of one foot on the inside of the other thigh, keeping the other leg straight. Slowly stretch reaching for the toes of the straight leg.\n\nI always recommend Bob Anderson's stretching book. You may be able to find it in a local library. If not, it's on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0936070226\n\nThere's also a DVD based on the book.
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You probably need to stretch out more and loosen your muscles before you start jogging. After stretching, do a couple knee bends and calf raises they will help too.