WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2000: Re: Exercise makes pain worse?

Re: Exercise makes pain worse?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:57:27 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Stephanie wrote: >
>I have been diagnosed with a 4.6cm ovarian cyst on my left side. The
>doc says it is complex with areas of solid and cystic mass. So he
>recommends surgery to remove. Now with this cyst I have intermittant
>pain on both sides of my lower abdomen well yesterday I went to the gym
>to exercise and ever since then the pains have been more frequent and
>intense. Not unbearable to the point that I am doubled over, but
>painful and annoying all the same. So my question is does exercise or
>will exercise make an ovarian cyst more painful? Or is this increasing
>pain maybe from something else? This isn't the first time I have
>exercised I exercise on a regular basis. So could my exercising have
>influenced the pain to get worse. Thanks.
>
>--
>Stephanie
>

Stephanie, Well, the pain could be from two sources. First, when the ovary has a larger cyst on it, it can be prone to "torsion" or twisting. This means that it flips over and has trouble flipping back because it is weighted by the cyst. A torsion or intermitant torsion can be painful. The other source is that the pain is muscular and not related to the ovary at all. I usually caution patients with enlarged ovaries to avoid any vigorous activity that could result in an ovarian torsion... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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