Pain in lower abdomen while doing squats

[rainman]

I am 20 yrs old and I have been Lifting regularly for about a year and a half now. I've notice that when I do my squats which are free standing with weight bar on my shoulders not a machine, that I get this pain in my lower abdomen in a pinpoint spot about 2 inches above the pubic hair line and 2 inches right (my right) of my belly button. Note that I am 6'2'' and 220. It kinda feels like if you were wearing jeans and the button of your jeans was drilling into you when you squatted down. It only happens when I get into my heavier sets too. Does anyone know what this is?

 

[freshr1]

Hernia?

 

[rainman]

I've been told it could be that. It doesnt hurt me much at all but people have said it could be just the very early stage of one.

 

[GLADIATOR351]

Hernia.........go get it checked out... even if it is in the early stages...

 

[gymtime]

Hernia.........go get it checked out... even if it is in the early stages...

Absolutely, especially if you plan to keep doing squats.

 

[JayV]

I have a lot of experience with athletic injuries: its integral to my profession. I agree with the others; HERNIA. See a doctor ASAP.

All the best.

 

[Enock]

It thought I had the same problem it was an extreme pinch about the same location you mentioned over to the right and everything and it would happen on my heavier quats as I went deep.

For me luckily it turned out to be the shorts I was wearing contained a built in rop like belt which I didn't realize was pinching me off when I squated low.

I didn't figure it to be the yellow rope/string since it certainly didn't feel like it and why in that one spot and not somewhere else.

Try shorts w/ an elastic band. As for me I just made sure to always squat w/ my shorts that had a wider built in belt instead of the shorts w/ the yellow string shit and have never had a problem since.

I always figured if it were the belt it would pinch off where the knot was I was wrong hopefully its the same situation for you.

 

[OMEGA]

had the exact friggen problem...............


went to the docs a million times diagnosis........no hernia.


however, just like you can strain eany muscle, abs can be strained as well.

i find that if i warm up porperly, and strech my abs.....i seldom incurr problems.


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