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Stomach Cramps While Lifting Weights, Pain Near The Belly Button. Cracking Sounds While Getting Up. Reason?
i,m 38 years old .l have 4 kids .sometimes i get stormach cramps when i lift heavy object and my belly bottom hurts a lot . to get rid of the pain usually i lie on the floor flat on my stomach and my husband press my back from the top to the bottom firmly making.small cracking sounds and when i get up .the pain is gone i feel fine .my question is ?am i doing the right thing
Wed, 10 Apr 2013
Hi ! I would advise you to see a surgeon for excluding a umbilical/paraumbilical hernia, apart from going for an ultrasound abdomen. This occurs due to the weakness in the abdominal wall muscles and stretching due to repeated child births. All the best.
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