Pulled/tored ab muscle... - Page 2

DraKe · Nov-06-09, 07:27 AM

the fuck? you tore your abs?
is this the same as hernia? like your intestines protrude through the holes.
been scared of getting hernia or whatever from deadlifts, because sometimes I feel slightly weird in my obliques.

[RozoN] · Nov-06-09, 08:05 AM

It could be. Although, I doubt it. As long as there's no weird lumps or sharp pain, you should be safe. Hernia is most common around the pelvic region, right where thighs and abs meet. If you have pain in that area and/or lumps that weren't there before, you should get it checked.

DraKe · Nov-07-09, 08:14 AM

no serious pain, just a slight pain feeling sometimes after deadlifting. I'm just a little nervous, because pain is never a good thing.

[RozoN] · Nov-07-09, 01:13 PM

Put your arm where you think you have hernia. Now cough. Do you feel any lumps "popping out"? They should feel kinda soft.
If it's hard then it's probably just your ab muscles.

There's usually lumps along the whole pelvic area, starting from hip bone down to pubic bone (where your penis is). That's just lymph nodes though(lymfeknuter) and are nothing to be worried about. What you should be looking for are actually unusual soft lumps that occur when straining your ab muscles.

What you are most likely experiencing are the pressure on the lymph nodes and smaller muscles when preforming Valsalva maneuver. I sometimes experience the same thing on low bar squats. Better warmup usually solves this for me. If you experience it after Deadlifts, you're just probably sore.

Edit:Also, OP I suggest you preforming the same examination. I read up a bit more about it and it appears that it's quite easy to get it when you tear your abs

DraKe · Nov-07-09, 01:32 PM

Feel nothing, and it's just sometimes after deadlifts. hope it's nothing.
How come you know so much about this? experience?

[RozoN] · Nov-07-09, 01:40 PM

My mother is a doc and I work as a medic together with a doctor who is very willing to share his knowledge. If I'm curious about something, I'll ask and they'll answer and also just naturally pick up knowledge here and there through convos with them

.

I actually had hernia myself apparently. But it was when I was a baby, so naturally, I can't recall any of that...

Edit: Oh also my hernia got fixed with the old method, which is apparently a much better way of securing that hernia doesn't return, than the new method, but I dunno... I squat, deadlift and trick and have never felt that it returned or anything...

Guru · Nov-07-09, 01:46 PM

are you sure it isn't the pain everyone feels after drilling backflips?

Ashtar · Nov-08-09, 12:08 PM

I just thought of something... since he tore 1 ab muscle, tearing the 2nd one is a good thing because now it's an even number and you're symmetrically crippled.

Unless of course they were not opposite, in which case that's so bad!

Kay · Nov-09-09, 10:04 AM

Less than Dan · Nov-09-09, 12:02 PM

It's not a tear; a muscle tear would bring about profuse pain, bruising, and a profound loss of function to the target muscle.

You have a muscle strain. Muscle strains are best treated with ice and rest. All of us with back tucks remember the horrible ab soreness, haha; just take it easy.

Nov-07-09, 01:13 PM	#14
[RozoN] Walking contradiction User status: Offline Location: Ostfold, Norway Posts: 2,501 Age: 20	Put your arm where you think you have hernia. Now cough. Do you feel any lumps "popping out"? They should feel kinda soft. If it's hard then it's probably just your ab muscles. There's usually lumps along the whole pelvic area, starting from hip bone down to pubic bone (where your penis is). That's just lymph nodes though(lymfeknuter) and are nothing to be worried about. What you should be looking for are actually unusual soft lumps that occur when straining your ab muscles. What you are most likely experiencing are the pressure on the lymph nodes and smaller muscles when preforming Valsalva maneuver. I sometimes experience the same thing on low bar squats. Better warmup usually solves this for me. If you experience it after Deadlifts, you're just probably sore. Edit:Also, OP I suggest you preforming the same examination. I read up a bit more about it and it appears that it's quite easy to get it when you tear your abs Last edited by [RozoN]; Nov-07-09 at 01:21 PM..

Nov-09-09, 10:04 AM	#19
Kay Karim Bakkali User status: Offline Location: London Posts: 881	lol.

Nov-06-09, 07:27 AM	#11
DraKe :) User status: Offline Location: Norway Posts: 380 Age: 17	the fuck? you tore your abs? is this the same as hernia? like your intestines protrude through the holes. been scared of getting hernia or whatever from deadlifts, because sometimes I feel slightly weird in my obliques.

Nov-06-09, 08:05 AM	#12
[RozoN] Walking contradiction User status: Offline Location: Ostfold, Norway Posts: 2,501 Age: 20	It could be. Although, I doubt it. As long as there's no weird lumps or sharp pain, you should be safe. Hernia is most common around the pelvic region, right where thighs and abs meet. If you have pain in that area and/or lumps that weren't there before, you should get it checked.

Nov-07-09, 08:14 AM	#13
DraKe :) User status: Offline Location: Norway Posts: 380 Age: 17	no serious pain, just a slight pain feeling sometimes after deadlifting. I'm just a little nervous, because pain is never a good thing.

Nov-07-09, 01:32 PM	#15
DraKe :) User status: Offline Location: Norway Posts: 380 Age: 17	Feel nothing, and it's just sometimes after deadlifts. hope it's nothing. How come you know so much about this? experience?

Nov-07-09, 01:40 PM	#16
[RozoN] Walking contradiction User status: Offline Location: Ostfold, Norway Posts: 2,501 Age: 20	My mother is a doc and I work as a medic together with a doctor who is very willing to share his knowledge. If I'm curious about something, I'll ask and they'll answer and also just naturally pick up knowledge here and there through convos with them . I actually had hernia myself apparently. But it was when I was a baby, so naturally, I can't recall any of that... Edit: Oh also my hernia got fixed with the old method, which is apparently a much better way of securing that hernia doesn't return, than the new method, but I dunno... I squat, deadlift and trick and have never felt that it returned or anything...

Nov-07-09, 01:46 PM	#17
Guru Swords and shotguns???? User status: Online Location: england. Posts: 473 Age: 15	are you sure it isn't the pain everyone feels after drilling backflips?

Nov-08-09, 12:08 PM	#18
Ashtar Dark Lord of Chaos User status: Offline Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,113 Age: 23	I just thought of something... since he tore 1 ab muscle, tearing the 2nd one is a good thing because now it's an even number and you're symmetrically crippled. Unless of course they were not opposite, in which case that's so bad!

Nov-09-09, 12:02 PM	#20
Less than Dan Ṃoderator User status: Offline Location: Towson, MD. Posts: 2,684 Age: 21	It's not a tear; a muscle tear would bring about profuse pain, bruising, and a profound loss of function to the target muscle. You have a muscle strain. Muscle strains are best treated with ice and rest. All of us with back tucks remember the horrible ab soreness, haha; just take it easy.