i've had an on/off again arrhythmia, that i've noticed, for about a year now. my normal doc and cardiologist says isn't nothing to worry about. It will go away for weeks, then some days bug me on and off during the day or night.

Anyway -- one thing i have noticed is that i can get it to stop by positioning my body. For example when sleeping, if i wake up and notice it i can get it to go away simply by laying on my side with my arms in a particular position. At work at the computer if i apply slight pressure with to my desk with my stomach it goes away. My particular arrhythmia i don't notice in the chest area -- more towards my gut -- almost like a muscle spasm.

Can anyone else relate to this? is this common?

Oh Yes, for me it is, laying on my left or right side...Bending over to pick something up....or doing nothing at all, like sitting here typing this message, I got two of them...
They can make one crazy at times....

I also experience arrhythmias when I lay on my left side, bend over, or just from sitting doing nothing. It can be very scary because sometimes I feel like I'm gonna pass out. But if I change my position it usually goes away. You're not alone!

just to add -- i'm avid runner... i find almost 100% of the time a good 30 minute cardio workout will put any currently occuring arrhthmia to rest for at least the remainder of the day and coming night. for my run it's 30 minutes of 140-150 bmp heart rate.

I had my arrythimia bugging me last night and today.. i got home from work and did my run and it's long gone no matter what my body position is.

just thought others w/ my problem my find this helpful.

cheers

just to add -- i'm avid runner... i find almost 100% of the time a good 30 minute cardio workout will put any currently occuring arrhthmia to rest for at least the remainder of the day and coming night. for my run it's 30 minutes of 140-150 bmp heart rate.

I had my arrythimia bugging me last night and today.. i got home from work and did my run and it's long gone no matter what my body position is.

just thought others w/ my problem my find this helpful.

cheers

I totally agree. I've been running since December--30 minutes a day at least 3 days per week. I found this has significantly helped my arrhythmias. I remember one day my heart was doing really weird things, but I still ran after work and it made me feel much better :)

I run too, and swim and bike. Exercise helps reduce my PVC's. Frankly, part of it is the stress reduction. Stress seems to make the PVC's worse.

Also, I take my resting heart rate every morning before I get out of bed. The rate can vary as many as 4-5 beats per minute depending on position.

update: yesterday i was getting tons and tons of flutters, a lot more than i've ever had. and i was getting a little dizzy a few times. i went to er and got checked out. basically their theory is since i just started back at running a week ago, that it may be irritating my heart (i had a heart attack 5 weeks ago - 1 stent). Good news is ekg and test show almost no heart damage. they are going to swich up my meds and send me home today. doc says not do any more running until i have a stress test in a week or so.

I did go running yesterday at lunch because i had so much heart flutter, and the run did totally fix that.. but they all came back about 4 hours later which is when i got a little light headed and then went to the er.