Hernia

kristopher said:

Thanks for the info. I think I am ok though. The pain went away.

Click to expand...

I had one in my "sac", seriously. My dad started calling me "tri-pod".

There is a layer of abdominal tissue that keeps your insides from coming out. Once that layer is broken, your intestines will start to bulge out, because the epidermis is not tensile enough to keep it from bulging.

When you are a baby, your testes are inside your body, and they drop down into our sac later on, and the abdominal tissue closes the hole. But if it doesn't close it all the way, it will slowly open up more and more, especially during heavy lifting.

Once it opens enough, the intestines will start to protrude, and you will need surgery to close the hole.

If you don't have any bulging down there, or your belly button, I think it was a pulled muscle, and no biggie. Ice it for the 1st 24 hours and heat it up after that.
Scott