Pretty sure I have a hernia :(

[needtogetaas]

you know a few months back I though I had one to..I was doing squats and when I got to my max 500 I went down for the 3rd time and really really had to give ti all I had to get it back up.I prob should have had my spotter help because I could tell I was feeling week that day but I was like fuck it ill dig deep and get this fucker up.as I was pushing I felt something that felt almost like something tore.I racked the weight with help from my spotter got out from under it and felt nothing...but then the next day my lower abs were very sore...for weeks I lifted light on my squats and dl but I kept feeling the taring feeling...I took a week of and it just went away....fuck it.lol

 

[OMEGA]

your not going to like my answer:


take one month off of lifting do your work and while you work practice "Vacumes"

and hold it throughout the day.

As far as training just run outside every other day for 2-3 miles this will do alot for you and keep you from going crazy

do it AFTER work

 

[Powerbuilder333]

I've had 2 repaired (Umbiblical and right side Inguinal). I had a cat scan on my heart 2 years ago and they found 2 more (hiatal, and diaphramic) that I had no idea I had.
Obviously I'm suseptable to herniations. Doesn't stop me from powerlifting though - I'm a slow learner - LOL.

 

[Lee]

your not going to like my answer:


take one month off of lifting do your work and while you work practice "Vacumes"

and hold it throughout the day.

As far as training just run outside every other day for 2-3 miles this will do alot for you and keep you from going crazy

do it AFTER work

youre right i dont like it. but if it works ill have to do it. is lightweight workouts ok? also, wtf are vacumes?

 

[OMEGA]

vacuumes are where you decrease the circumference of your abdomen

its like creating you own weight belt with the power of your own breathing.
In time the abs will do it naturally an hold there thus making you alot more aesthetics and primarily less prone to injury in my opinion.

As far as the time off the running will be enough, you need to let you body work it self out of this and remove any variables such as lifting session which may make things worst.

 

[Lee]

so how exactly do i work my vacuumes?

 

[Powerbuilder333]

Vacuum poses were a hit in the 70's. Even Arnold did them, and Frank Zane and Mike Menzer had great vacuum poses. I seriously doubt if it'll have any lasting decrease in your waist measurement, but it probably won't hurt either.
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQX0HNED7M

 

[Lee]

Went to work today and while doing one of the easiest portions of my job, which requires basically no effort, just being on my hands and knees laying wood on the floor, my stomach started to hurt really bad. I left work and am sitting at home now trying to find on the net what I need to do. On the lower left side of my abs, I can feel a soft spot thats about the size of a quarter, and no matter how hard I flex my abs it doesn't tighten. I have read a bunch about torn muscles and hernias, and the symptoms don't exactly fit either. Can anyone confirm that this is just a torn ab or should I go back to the doc for another checkup that I cannot afford?

 

[OMEGA]

just throwing this out there

but maybe its organ related , I say this just to OPEN you options in case you go to a doc again.

 

[Lee]

But the pain I get is on my ab muscle and not so internal. I requested to take my week of vacation asap from my boss, hopefully he can come through.