CRAZY rectus abdominis

[Turtle]

Yesterday I noticed my abs were sore... and I had no idea why. No workout, no lifting, no particular activity comes to mind as a cause.

I wanted to leave the office and go home to my exercise ball to stretch, but it was so noticeable I had to do something immediately... I attempted stretching over my table, and that was pretty painful.

At home, I laid on the ball, did cobra pose, did some different work (fascial, frictioning, energy work), and felt a bit better.

Today, I'm not really aware of the pain unless I touch the area or stretch, but man it's still there. It hurts most just under my ribs.

Sound like anything you've experienced/worked on? Any advice? Help appreciated!

 

[Eric L]

Ab pain can be directly linked to lower back issues (which can play on hamstrings). Anything going on there?

 

[dkomarovska]

mmm... my very minor low back pain has been non-existent lately... tight piriformis, which I've been stretching. Today the chiro noticed my IT bands are really tight, tender to medium pressure. My hamstrings (entire back line really) are tight, but that's been the case for a long time.

If the small amount of stretching I've been doing has been enough to shift things like this, I'd be amazed.

 

[jade scarlette :)]

Did you sneeze?

 

[~A.Michelle~ M]

I don't have any tips, but I couldn't help thinking about one of my massage teacher's favorite names for rectus abdominus...

"Rectus, damn near killed us!" :

 

[SMELS]

Unexplained soreness in that area can also be a sign you need to visit your physician to rule out internal problems.

 

[SLF]

I'm sure I've sneezed in the last week. Could that really funk it up like this?

I've discovered that the most tender point is an Alarm Point, either Liver (LV14) or Gallbladder (GB24). I've forgotten how to tell the two apart, but I think it's the former.

Of course, GB is implicated with the IT Band & Piriformis issues. I don't know whether to get deep tissue or shiatsu next ;-)

 

[Maryah]

I'm sure I've sneezed in the last week. Could that really funk it up like this?

Especially if it was a really good one (and you'd remember if it hurt right away), it did for me. The only thing I could do was very light work to medium work...initially deep tissue would have just sent me over the edge, as the pain was a 20 on a 1 - 10 scale when palpated. Energy work felt great because it was less invasive, yet penetrating. My suggestion is to stretch, stretch, stretch and look at getting a Chiropractic adjustment...if it is indeed muscular or skeletal vs internal dis-ease. A sneeze can definitely pop a rib out of place.

Ouch, I feel for ya.

 

[BatMan]

Interesting. My chiro did some work, and when I looked for sore points after, the only one was an acupoint, the "liver alarm"... after a few days of taking care of myself, things are relatively back to normal.