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Originally Posted by Kaiser
Help me understand here, please, because I am not asking for pedagogical purposes, but rather because of my own personal situation. After having an inguinal hernia repaired (I noticed it had occured after a coughing bout, not lifting), my surgeon told me not to lift heavy again. Of course, I ignored him, but while deadlifting heavy (for me), I could feel the strain in the repaired hernia and the other side felt like it was going to go as well. Since then, I've avoided very heavy DL and squats.
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I'm on call right now, but I will get to this question eventually.
Recurrent hernias (post-repair or otherwise) are a bit of a different story.