Has anyone else experienced this? I have never in my life (52 yrs.) had any problem with heartburn or acid reflux. But often when I'm doing my swim practices, and pushing hard, I get something like acid reflux - a slight burning in my esophagus. At times it persists throughout the day. I never have a problem on days I don't practice. I've thought of experimenting with calcium pills before workouts, since I know working muscles hard uses a lot of calcium, but I have no basis for thinking that is related.
I'd be interested in any thoughts on its cause, remedies, etc. It's a minor annoyance, but striking for me since I've never had problems of this nature ever before.
Thoughts? Experiences? Solutions?
I did a little checking online today, and found out it is probably exercise-induced acid reflux. Apparently the sphincter muscle on top of the stomach, which can get a little weaker with age, is not a match for the pressures that can be created by intense use of the abdominal muscles, often in weight training, running, and so forth. If it really is bad they recommend switching to a form of exercise that is not quite so vigorous, like swimming :confused: .
I will make sure by checking with my doctor next visit, but the recent research on the subject is pretty clear, and it fits with the fact that it is worst when I'm swimming hard and really working my abdominal muscles. It all seems to fit. So I'll take some of the advice above and use an antacid. Like I said above, it's not a major problem - just a minor annoyance and the antacids recommended above will probably be all I need.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions!
I did a little checking online today, and found out it is probably exercise-induced acid reflux. Apparently the sphincter muscle on top of the stomach, which can get a little weaker with age, is not a match for the pressures that can be created by intense use of the abdominal muscles, often in weight training, running, and so forth. If it really is bad they recommend switching to a form of exercise that is not quite so vigorous, like swimming :confused: .
I will make sure by checking with my doctor next visit, but the recent research on the subject is pretty clear, and it fits with the fact that it is worst when I'm swimming hard and really working my abdominal muscles. It all seems to fit. So I'll take some of the advice above and use an antacid. Like I said above, it's not a major problem - just a minor annoyance and the antacids recommended above will probably be all I need.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions!
