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Could Right Abdomen Pain After Exertion Be A Pulled Muscle?

I shoveled snow for about an hour and at the end of shoveling a little more I got this pain in my right abdomen every body is saying this is pulled muscle and I thought it was a hernia so what could it be? Also I did no lifting before that so again what could it be?
Wed, 11 Feb 2015
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
The pain in the right side of the abdomen after shoveling the snow can be due to pulled muscles or can be hernia too.
The diagnosis is made by the following tests which you can do at home.
-Out a hand on the painful are and have hard coughing or straining of any sort. If the is a bulge on coughing this is hernia.
If there is no bulge, no movement of the abdominal wall but the pain is severe this probably then is the sprain of the abdominal muscles.

I would advise you further :
-To consult a Surgeon to get the diagnosis confirmed
-To get the prescription based anti-inflammatory medicines and muscle relaxants and some rubrafacient liniment to be applied to the area.
- Take strict bed rest.
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Could Right Abdomen Pain After Exertion Be A Pulled Muscle?

Hi. Thanks for your query. The pain in the right side of the abdomen after shoveling the snow can be due to pulled muscles or can be hernia too. The diagnosis is made by the following tests which you can do at home. -Out a hand on the painful are and have hard coughing or straining of any sort. If the is a bulge on coughing this is hernia. If there is no bulge, no movement of the abdominal wall but the pain is severe this probably then is the sprain of the abdominal muscles. I would advise you further : -To consult a Surgeon to get the diagnosis confirmed -To get the prescription based anti-inflammatory medicines and muscle relaxants and some rubrafacient liniment to be applied to the area. - Take strict bed rest.