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What Causes a Side Stitch? The pain is caused by a spasm of the diaphragm muscle. The diaphragm is a dome shaped muscle that separates the thoracic (lung) cavity from the abdominal cavity and moves up and down when you inhale and exhale.
Thereâs no standard advice for how to prevent a side stitch, says sports chiropractor Brad Muir, because we donât know the mechanism that produces the pain in the first place. âItâs still up in the air.â Thatâs partly because, even though side stitches are common, researchers haven't really studied them.