A year ago while I was sick, lying on my stomach I had a really bad cough and felt a pop in my groin and bam I got an inguinal hernia. I had kind of noticed it a year or two before that there was a slight bulging but thought nothing of it, now it's a hernia that pops in and out throughout the day. I can push it in and keep it in for a while, but pretty much the whole time I'm at the gym it's out.Wat do? I went to a doctor, he checked it out and said I should just tighten up my lower core more, surgery sucks and it could just come back after. I have started to incorporate some pelvic floor exercises but I want to know more, see testimonials if this shit has been fixed through sheer will or if I"m playing with fire. It seems like its on the level of eye sight correction. It seems possible but you have to be very consistent. I haven't been all that consistent.I want to start incorporating swimming too but I fucking hate chlorine. The bulge doesnt really hurt, it gets itchy sometimes. Walking, lifting, sneezing and fucking pushes it out. No girl has said anything about it while sucking me off so I don't feel too self conscious of it and it must not be that big yet.
I’ve had one since like June and I’m only making progress by only using like 75 or 80 percent of my strength to minimize straining, I’ve been doing more reps with less weight and trying to stop before my form gets compromised. I may get a hernia belt for use training idk if it will help or not. When mine flares up from straining too hard it seems to hurt off and on for like a day or two after maybe three when I’m in certain positions.
>>76875993I was thinking you can keep it in with the belt and strengthen the muscles enough to where it eventually stays in. I think yoga or swimming would be the most helpful with this, as I've done neither. I only have 1 or 2 targeted core exercises I do every week too, so I think increasing that will help
>>76876118Idk if there is anyway that would work or not but I’ll give you a bump. Im not doing any core exercises and have hoped that by just slowly ramping up physical activity that my core will very slowly strengthen on its own from stabilizing during movement. I’m thinking if I walk more and do it with some light weight in a pack that if I just very very very gradually increase volume it will stabilize and strengthen itself naturally. Idk if it will compensate enough though even if it happened. Sorry for the schizopost I’m on an exercise bike right now.Because of my hernia I also have been targeting other things I previously ignored like forearms which has been educational and fun. I got some captains of crush hand grippers and a wrist roller and am going to implement other things into my routine as well. Even with the hand gripper I have to be careful though and not use 100% strength with the hernia but it’s more forgiving. I’m using a 140 pound one right now I worked up to over a few months. At this rate in another 3 months they will look really nice. My chest looks like shit right now because I haven’t done much pressing movements since the hernia, but I’m slowly incorporating pressing movements now. My forearms look like they belong to a different person than my chest but it is what it is.End log
