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I went to the ER on August 29th for abdominal and lower back pain (I didn't consider it an emergency, but the nurse I spoke to on the phone thought I might have a kidney stone and recommended I go, so, I did). My blood and piss tests came back okay, so, the two doctors that looked at me both felt that I had probably irritated my abdominal muscle wall with my MS medication injections. They just told me to take some over-the-counter painkillers and put hot/cold packs on it (I did neither).
Then, this morning, I went to my PCP for the follow-up appointment and he had a different diagnosis: that I had strained my stomach muscles. He recommended physical therapy, as stomach muscles can take a long time to heal, due to how they're constantly used throughout the day, but, as the pain has gotten better over the last few weeks, I didn't think that'd be necessary, so, I declined.
So, if any of you ever strained your stomach muscles, what'd you do? It mostly just hurts now, and not all that badly, when I bend over to do something like tie my shoes, or put pressure on it, like from fastening a seat belt, otherwise, I'm doing okay (I hiked about 4.5 miles this morning with no problems). Should I have done the physical therapy?
Then, this morning, I went to my PCP for the follow-up appointment and he had a different diagnosis: that I had strained my stomach muscles. He recommended physical therapy, as stomach muscles can take a long time to heal, due to how they're constantly used throughout the day, but, as the pain has gotten better over the last few weeks, I didn't think that'd be necessary, so, I declined.
So, if any of you ever strained your stomach muscles, what'd you do? It mostly just hurts now, and not all that badly, when I bend over to do something like tie my shoes, or put pressure on it, like from fastening a seat belt, otherwise, I'm doing okay (I hiked about 4.5 miles this morning with no problems). Should I have done the physical therapy?