I was trying to figure out how to contact him and ended up looks at the forums on his site. I found a thread where someone has the same issue.
I have been to the doctor and he has diagnosed me with a “mild” form of hernia on my upper abdominal wall. He said that I should not be that concerned, but he also said that I should not be pushing any numbers in the gym, specifically when doing the three main movements (squat, bench, deadlift).
Baraki:
It sounds to be very mild. While it may indeed progress over time, no one can tell you how quickly that may occur, or whether training will have an impact on this.
Train with loading to tolerance, just like we would in any other scenario.
And another one here with an inguinal hernia:
She also advised against surgery since the risk of complications outweigh
any benefits since I am asymptomatic. She even said “no surgeon would consider operating on moral grounds” when I asked about surgery as a preventative measure. Is this due to the lawsuits about hernia mesh
failures? Are they that bad?
So that’s the same ting the doctor told me yesterday when I asked about going to a private doctor, plus I read some stuff about lawsuits for issues with the mesh. I don’t know what to think. I should sign up for that forum and see what I can learn.
I don’t want to hijack this thread so if you want to continue this discussion you can post in my training log. I’m talking about hernias in three threads right now.