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The stitch´ is an unwelcomed abdominal pain experienced by numerous sportspeople. Yet despite being so well-known, the condition has historically been poorly understood. While many anecdotal reports of the pain have appeared in popular magazines, no empirical research of the condition was conducted for almost fifty years from 1951 to 1999. In The Stitch Story´, Dr Darren Morton documents his quest to understand the phenomenon by conducting large scale epidemiological studies through to evoking the pain in subjects within a laboratory in order to take measurements. The result is a series of investigations that have redefined the medical community´s understanding of the pain. Of the ten papers relating to stitch that have been published in peer-reviewed journals over the past decade, nine have arisen from the work contained in The Stitch Story´.

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Dr Darren Morton is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Avondale College, Australia. Darren thoroughly enjoys teaching and has a love for adventure activities. He lives with his wife, Sarah, and their three energetic children near beautiful Lake Macquarie.

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