Hernia????

Armageddon · Mar 25, 2009

Well I may have been pushing it alittle hard lately to get back to top shape. Last night I was squatting and the belt seemed like it was aggrevating me a bit. Slightly above my belly button it felt like I had been scratched really bad! and it burned a bit. I swear it feels like I could push a piece of tissue in that was popping out. It killed my entire night, I came home and went to bed. I'm waiting for the doctors to call back, but from everything I've read there isn't much they can do other than surgery. So do I go further into debt to be told to keep an eye on it that it's not as bad as I think or just push to have it fixed. It just pisses me off as I'm already down 20-25lbs and starting to get back into a shape other than round!!

thebrick · Mar 25, 2009

That would bum me out too…

If its a hernia, it won't go away, it won't get any better. You might as well buckle down and get it fixed and be done with it. Get referrals for a GOOD hernia surgeon. Some will tell you otherwise but I had 3 fixed using a scope and mesh and it wasn't bad at all.

Armageddon · Mar 26, 2009

Just got back from the doc. Said it might be a slight tear but nothing bulging so that's good. More than anything he thinks I tore the muscles around it. So it's take it easy and back off the squatting for a minute and see how it goes.
How did it effect your training?

thebrick · Mar 26, 2009

Armageddon said:
Just got back from the doc. Said it might be a slight tear but nothing bulging so that's good. More than anything he thinks I tore the muscles around it. So it's take it easy and back off the squatting for a minute and see how it goes.
How did it effect your training?

Glad the news was not too bad.... no problems at all since I had mine repaired. They gave me a sample of the synthetic fabric they used. Very tough stuff and it was bright blue

If someone digs me up in a hundred years, they are going to find bits of metal, a few screws and scraps of blue fabric in those bones

maldorf · Mar 26, 2009

I had an umbilical hernia for about 18 years or so and finally had it repaired about 2 years ago. like others have said, it really wasnt too bad to have done. I was in considerable pain since I had 3 fixed at the same time, but its worth it. My umbilical hernia was small enough at first that they didnt even reccomend having it fixed. Over those 18 years it grew bigger and bigger. When they first tear it hurts some, but once it healed I really didnt even have any pain from my hernia so I didnt rush to have it fixed. If you do not have it fixed and its small, youll be just fine. Only thing is that it will grow bigger each year and eventually reach the point where it needs to be fixed. If i could do it all over I would have had it fixed right away when it was small.

Armageddon · Mar 28, 2009

It feels alot better a few days later. Still get some aches down in the testies a bit. But I'm really hoping its just the muscle issue and not a tear in the abdomin. I'm just going to stretch more and see how it goes and slowly build up my strength.

maldorf · Mar 28, 2009

Armageddon said:
It feels alot better a few days later. Still get some aches down in the testies a bit. But I'm really hoping its just the muscle issue and not a tear in the abdomin. I'm just going to stretch more and see how it goes and slowly build up my strength.

If a Doc tested you out and couldnt find anything, you might be ok. I had my family doc check my groin for hernias and he found nothing. When I went to the surgeon he found it in just a couple of seconds. Sometimes they can do an ultrasound to look for them I believe. I do know they will do catscans for them, but most of the time insurance is going to fight paying for that.

roodogg · Mar 28, 2009

Armageddon said:
Well I may have been pushing it alittle hard lately to get back to top shape. Last night I was squatting and the belt seemed like it was aggrevating me a bit. Slightly above my belly button it felt like I had been scratched really bad! and it burned a bit. I swear it feels like I could push a piece of tissue in that was popping out. It killed my entire night, I came home and went to bed. I'm waiting for the doctors to call back, but from everything I've read there isn't much they can do other than surgery. So do I go further into debt to be told to keep an eye on it that it's not as bad as I think or just push to have it fixed. It just pisses me off as I'm already down 20-25lbs and starting to get back into a shape other than round!!

I felt the same pain 10 years ago doing leg press. It burned like hell for a split second. It still hurts to this day. I was told by the Doc that I did not have a hernia. I had an ultrasound and they said they did not see anything.. I can feel a one inch strip of what feels like scar tissue and it hurts to push on. I still have pain when doing squats and lower ab work. Recently i felt another lump the size of a pencil eraser in my very lower abdomen on the same side and it hurts to touch. I got the name for the local stud Hernia surgeon who is a bodybuilder so i am hopeful he tells me something needs to be fixed