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What causes abdominal muscle spasms in the upper stomach?
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Muscle strain/tear: Over working abdominal wall muscles without properly warming them up by stretching them for example before doing multiple long sets of situps will often result in abdominal wall muscle fatigue with resultant abdominal wall muscle spasms.
Answered 3/15/2019
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