What Causes Side Stitches & How Can I Avoid Them?

April 18, 2016

First of all, what exactly is a side stitch? According to Richard Symister, physical therapist and owner of MovEvolution Physical Therapy in Brooklyn, New York, a side stitch is the diaphragm muscle fibers having a spasm. “The diaphragm, like the heart, is a muscle,” he explains. “If a muscle is overloaded, asked to do too much too soon or is ‘undertrained,’ that muscle will falter and fail or attempt to…

Alex Richards is a Brooklyn-based young adult writer with a background in photography and television production. She loves making no-budget horror flicks with her friends, cooking, crafting, exploring, and being silly with her two kids, awesome husband, and lazy cats. In addition to her young adult novel, Back Talk, Alex writes for New York Family Magazine, and works with ASAP, a South African organization supporting rural communities of women caring for vulnerable children.