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What Causes Abdominal Cramps After Running?
My son, 16 years old, runs cross country. Every week at his meets he runs the first two miles with no problems, but the last mile he gets a lot of cramping in his abdomen. He only eats peanut butter toast and water before a race. Could there be another problem?
Tue, 26 May 2015
it might be that the digestion gets slow when you run because all the circulation will go to the lower extremity muscles and this cases ischemia in the intestines that causes pain.
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