MsMiranda
New member
Alright ... so, here's my issue, I'm a runner but I wanted to start doing some weight training so last week I did some arm weights and situps/side crunches with a weight.
This has only happened once before, but I seem to get some form of edema/swelling in my abdomen when I do abdominal exercises. It only happens when I do situps/side crunches …and it takes a few days to set in…
Basically it looks like I have a tire around my waste, and it's very jiggly. Like, if I flick the swollen areas with my fingers they really jiggle and are very "liquidy." The swelling is only ever below my belly button, nowhere else.
I asked my pharmacist last night because it was worrying me a bit, and she said it could be a lack of electrolytes so I bought this powder stuff to have before I workout … but I don't know … I'm on day 2 of this "swelling" now …
Has anyone ever heard of this?? How do I stop it from happening? I want to work my abdomen but I don't want to endure 3-4 days of a watery swollen stomach afterwards!
Oh, and should I run when my stomach is like this? Will it make it worse??
This has only happened once before, but I seem to get some form of edema/swelling in my abdomen when I do abdominal exercises. It only happens when I do situps/side crunches …and it takes a few days to set in…
Basically it looks like I have a tire around my waste, and it's very jiggly. Like, if I flick the swollen areas with my fingers they really jiggle and are very "liquidy." The swelling is only ever below my belly button, nowhere else.
I asked my pharmacist last night because it was worrying me a bit, and she said it could be a lack of electrolytes so I bought this powder stuff to have before I workout … but I don't know … I'm on day 2 of this "swelling" now …
Has anyone ever heard of this?? How do I stop it from happening? I want to work my abdomen but I don't want to endure 3-4 days of a watery swollen stomach afterwards!
Oh, and should I run when my stomach is like this? Will it make it worse??