lower left abdominal pain

Hi @JakobMariok , I've been having the exact same problem for years, no hernia found and also had an appendix removal years ago. If you found a solution please reply, thanks

Welcome @eyalgeva43, Unfortunately I think @JakobMariok is no longer following Connect. The member did post a little more about their symptoms in their last post earlier in the discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86087/.

@rjmtwit, @kayraymat, and @penny10 have posted earlier and may have some suggestions for you. You mentioned having the problem for years but have found no solution. Have you thought about seeking help at a teaching hospital or a major health facility?

Sorry if I left the wrong impression. My lower left abdoninal pain was cause by a stretched ligament, the illiospoas, and was fixed with prolotherapy by a regenerative medicine Dr. Finding the answer took visits to 6 doctors to find one who knew correctly diagnosed the problem, the stretched ligament, which had been overworked by a hypermobile SI Joint. Prolotherapy Nashville, a Dr. Johnson, has an excellent writeup about the issue of ligaments and how they have been lost as a problem and how they can be easily fixed using prolotherapy.

@eyalgeva43 @rjmtwit I think you are on to something here. My pelvis does shift position fairly frequently because of some mobility in the SI joints. My typical pattern happens because I have tightness on the left side of my body which pulls the left hip bone (illeum) forward. Usually what I notice first is the left side of my lower back aches. I can also get some left sided pain near the "sit" bone and in working with my physical therapist, she tells me that this does irritate the colon which is descending on the left front side of the abdomen. I just experienced this again in a bigger response that was enough to make me look up symptoms for appendicitis. I found that appendicitis usually has symptoms on the right side, not left. I had sharp radiating pain from the left abdomen up to my chest, was nauseated and couldn't eat without triggering more pain. Even walking around amped up the pain a little bit and passing stool didn't help it. I decided to try to check my pelvis position, and was about ready to go to the emergency room because of the sharp pain.

I stood up and felt where my hip bones were, and the left side was pretty far forward. The solution was to press into the hip flexor muscles that get too tight just inside the hip bone (illeum). I do this by pushing on the tight muscle with a small wedge (Davinci tool) by either laying on it or pressing up on it against a wall or doorway. That took care of everything and solved the pain by getting the pelvis back into a more normal position. I also make sure to stretch everything connected to the pelvis by doing toe touches, straddle positions and lunge positions.

This had been coming on for a week or so, and at first I thought it may have been an intestinal bug. It got progressively worse until I had that sharp radiating pain. I haven't been able to see my physical therapist as often as I need because of insurance changes and I've had to do my best to self treat based on what I have learned from working with my therapist in the past. It is very common that hip flexor muscles get too tight because we sit too much. This is something that she would often check and adjust when I was in her office.

Hi, how did you diognose the streched iliopsoas? Which examination did you do? What doctor did you see?
Thanks

Did I say that it took 3 years and 6 doctors to find my ligament issue? Regenerative medicine Drs. know how to deal with the SI Joint movement issues. Once I got the stretched ligament fixed with prolotherapy the worst was gone ... no more leg subluxions! But to maintenance and the small SI Movements that still happen I do 2 things daily ... and used to do them first thing in the AM and then at bedtime. I lie on the edge of the bed and drop one leg off the side. Then on the other side with the other leg drop. That stretches the illiopsoas, the ligament that was had become stretched and which runs from the backbone done into the groin. The I also pull each knee to the chest while lying on my back. That puts the SI Joint back in it's spot fully .... Try these and see if they help and if so do find a Doctor who does prolotherapy. Hope it works.

I just knew my hip was not the primary cause so I kept making new appointments with new doctors. Finally a friend suggested I find a Regenerative Medicine doctor. I went to Spin and Pain Centers in Tysons, VA and found my answer.
Prolotherapynashville.com has a very comprehensive write-up of how ligaments got lost as a diagnosis. I am an old lady and remember when we all heard about ligaments. A ligament that is "lax" needs to be touched to be diagnosed evidently. They were however, mapped extensively back in the 1960 by a Dr. Hemholt as the pain location is not necessarily the problem spot.
Hope that helps