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I know that when certain symptoms of IBS are flaring that abdominal exercises in any form of physical activity can be bothersome. Some feel great others not so great. I do not want you to feel alone in this, but all of our bodies respond differently to different things. Having said that.... I found this info online and honestly have no idea if it is relevant for your situation or not, but I thought I would pass it on in case you wanted to explore it a bit deeper. Let me know how it goes.

Abdominal Pain, Heartburn, Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Nausea, Chronic Diarrhea, Heart Arrhythmia

Abdominal pain and other symptoms that seem to indicate an internal, or visceral, problem may actually be coming from myofascial trigger points (tiny contraction knots) in stressed or overworked abdominal muscles. Abdominal trigger points also cause a surprising amount of back pain.

Stomachaches, stomach cramps, heartburn, or burning pain that feels like an ulcer can be referred from trigger points in the abdominal muscles. It's important to recognize that referred myofascial pain can be as intense and intolerable as pain from any other cause. The pain can be so intense, in fact, that the doctor may want to do tests for stomach cancer, hiatal hernia, and gallstones. Pain from a trigger point in the rectus abdominis muscle can also imitate acute appendicitis.

Gallbladder removal is done more often than any other type of surgery in the U.S. (over 500,000 per year). It's not uncommon for abdominal pain to remain after your gallbladder is gone. This can be very annoying after the surgeon has assured you that the pain was from gallstones. A simple check for trigger points might have made surgery unnecessary. It would be wise to consider whether gallstones and trigger points may both be contributing to your abdominal pain. Surgery may not be required even if you have a genuine gallbladder problem. Many people are finding that they can expel their own gallstones. For more information about gallbladder purges, go to www.CureZone.com.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a very popular diagnosis, but it's only a label given to abdominal symptoms when the true cause is unknown. When the tests all come up negative, there's an extremely high probability that trigger points are the source of the problem. Any physician should know that trigger points are always exquisitely tender, and that pressure on abdominal trigger points very often reproduces or accentuates their referred pain.

Other referred symptoms from abdominal trigger points can take the form of nausea, chronic diarrhea, loss of appetite, projectile vomiting, and simple indigestion. The pain of colic in a baby can be from trigger points in his or her stomach muscles. Abdominal trigger points can also produce pain and other false symptoms in the esophagus, kidneys, bladder, colon, rectum, and the genitals of either sex. Heart arrhythmia can sometimes be the effect of a trigger point where the abdominal muscles attach to the lower right side of the chest (yes, the right side!).

The current fad for hardening the stomach muscles with vigorous exercise may have lured you into overworking this vulnerable area. Seeking a well-defined "six-pack" or "abs of steel" can leave you with vicious abdominal trigger points. This can be the simple explanation for your mysterious back pain or any of the other symptoms listed above. Abdominal exercises are not a solution for back pain if their effect is to make it worse!

It goes without saying that your abdominal symptoms can be signs of genuine internal trouble. But physicians who are unaware of the myofascial causes of abdominal pain can be led to a wide range of mistaken diagnoses and misdirected treatment, including needless, sometimes life-threatening operations. This is especially regrettable because the solutions are so simple when trigger points are to blame.

Pain and other abdominal symptoms can often be treated quite easily with self-applied massage. See The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook for more information on this subject, along with detailed instructions for self-treatment and many helpful illustrations.

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