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Old 11-22-2006, 12:59 AM   #13 (permalink)
bryanc
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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.
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.
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