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Is it possible to get a hernia from dancing the wrong way
A 47-year-old member asked:

Dr. Addagada Rao answered
56 years experience General Surgery
NO: Unless you have preexisting undetected small hernia which may get may get bigger, or weak area in abdominal wall with impending hernia formatiom, ma ... Read More

Dr. Rafael Lugo answered
28 years experience General Surgery
Not likely: A hernia is usually an inherited weakness in the abdominal wall. It is possible that physical activity makes this area more prominent or larger and s ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Creighton Wright answered
56 years experience General Surgery
Stable: may be unchanged with usual dancing
If very forceful and abdominal muscle straining, then may increase in size.
These are frequently and easily repair ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. J. Roth answered
28 years experience General Surgery
Worst... strangulate: Strangulation of a hernia is uncommon but a potentially lethal complication of a hernia. If the intestines become trapped in a hernia, the blood supp ... Read More
A 37-year-old female asked:

Dr. Mark Kuhnke answered
40 years experience General Surgery
Of course: You most certainly may develop a hernia, and it may not be related to your pregnancy. Certainly, all surgical scars may develop hernias, as well. I su ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Robert Uyeda answered
45 years experience General Surgery
Hernia is : Defect, or hole, in the fascia, or the covering, of the abdominal wall. At the belly button, or umbilicus, there is a potential weakness where the fe ... Read More
A 34-year-old male asked:

Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered
32 years experience Family Medicine
Muscle: Myofascial defect is possible, but usually more common in the lower extremities.
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A 17-year-old male asked:

Dr. Karen Dantin answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Ok: Probale just muscle stain. See your doc if persistant. M
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Charles Breaux answered
39 years experience Pediatric Surgery
Yes: Anytime abdominal surgery is performed with an incision, there is the possibility of developing an incisional (ventral) hernia, either early postop or ... Read More
A 43-year-old member asked:

Dr. Michael Zadeh answered
17 years experience General Surgery
Hernia Information: Yes, visit http://goo.Gl/vblezq.
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Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
Maybe: If there was an incision on the front of your abdominal wall, you can get a hernia at that incision site. It occurs 15-20% of the time. You may need t ... Read More
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