Working out and acid reflux - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

Vividangel1984 · 10-03-2006, 12:51 PM

It seems like every time I go work out. I get the worst chest pains and my acid reflux flares up. Even when I'm walking for a long period of time it happens. Does anyone else feel this way and how do you get rid of this. I can't even be healthy cause the acid reflux!! I swear to god some days I just wanna cry.

Misty800 · 10-03-2006, 01:56 PM

Do not eat 1 hr. before working out.
Do not drink a lot of liquids before working out.
Sip on cold water every 10-15 minutes while exercising.
Do not do jarring exercises.
Be sure and eat only small meals. A full stomach is a sure way to get food back up the esophagus.

gnznroses · 10-03-2006, 11:33 PM

i've been doing pushups but i won't do situps. come to think of it tho i had started doing situps when my acid reflux problems first started...

neddyflanders · 10-04-2006, 07:03 AM

I was doing stomach crunches early on when my reflux started. Probably contributed to it I would imagine. I just do eliptical now and weights, no abdominal exercises.

wakkochic17 · 10-04-2006, 08:36 AM

I am the same way, even if I don't eat before I go walking! I just make sure I bring water with me and constantly sip on it to keep the acid down. The other thing is I bring gum with me, because chewing gum can help reduce heartburn.