subject: How To Treat Abdominal Pain [print this page] Abdominal pain is described as the pain that is felt in the abdomen region. There are several reasons as to why abdominal pain occurs and it can be related to the organs in that area or the muscles and bones or the tissue walls.
The symptoms are the only way to diagnose the problem accurately. It also depends on which side of the abdomen is hurting. Occasional pain in the abdomen can be caused due to a muscle catch or increased activity levels. For example if you have been ruining on a tread mill at a top speed you may suddenly develop a muscle catch in the abdomen area.
If the right side of the abdomen is hurting severely, and the person is also experiencing dizziness and nausea, they should be rushed to the hospital because it may be an appendicitis attack. It is a very dangerous situation and the person will need to be operated immediately.
If the lower part of the abdomen is hurting for women, then they must be cramps due to their menstruation cycle. Also, sometimes acidity and gas can cause cramps in the abdomen area. If a pregnant woman feels the same cramps, then it could be delivery symptoms.
There are several conditions that can cause pain and cramping in the abdomen area. Abdomen pain is a symptom for several diseases like gastroenteritis, stomach disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, food poisoning, and many more. Also it is mostly accompanied with vomiting and headaches. There are several off the shelf medications available to control spasms in the abdomen area.
Treatment of low back pain has recently shifted toward restoring proper muscular function of the abdominal wall and low back muscles - the ever popular "core muscles". Despite this common approach to the treatment or prevention of low back pain, little is known about the exact muscle recruitment patterns during commonly used exercises.
This study examined the activation of different regions of the transverse abdominus (TrA), internal and external obliques (IO and EO respectively), and rectus abdominus (RA), as well as lumbar spine and pelvic movement during four commonly used, basic movements:
1. inward movement of the lower abdominal wall
2. abdominal bracing (lateral and anterior flaring of the abdominal wall)
3. posterior pelvic tilting
4. combined inward movement of the upper and lower abdominal wall
All movements were done in prone and supine positions, and were performed with a "mild" muscular effort (2 rating on a Borg exertion scale), mimicking contemporary exercise interventions which focus on low level contractions of the stabilizing muscles. Fine needle EMG electrodes were used to record muscular activity and were inserted using real-time ultrasound imaging to ensure accuracy.
has become very popular in the treatment of low back pain (LBP). The goal of this type of exercise is to optimize the muscle activation and coordination around the spine while minimizing compressive load to spinal tissues. Stabilization exercise in combination with daily activity modifications have been shown to be effective in the treatment of LBP.
