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Diastasis recti
Stretching of Linea alba dude to pregnancy
Visceral-somatic pain referral
Inflammation and distention of organs in abdomen stimulations free nerve endings within organ tissue, tissues innervated by the same spinal segmental levels can refer pain to the corresponding sclerotics
Cholecystitis and right shoulder pain
Free nerve endings pick up changes in abdomen along c3-5 spinal segmental levels, brain has no sense of internal organs, sends pain out to c3-5, goes to the shoulder
Aortic dissection
Large aneurysm of the thoracic or abdominal artery causing tear and formation of blood clot, may present as dull deep low back pain, low blood pressure, poor pulses in abdomen and lower limbs
Nutcracker syndrome
Entrapment of the left renal vein as it travels under the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, restricts blood flow back into vena cava.
Could in rare cases be due to compression of left renal vein between lumbar vertebrae and abdominal aorta
Three types of hip fractures
Acetabular, femoral neck, intertrochanteric
Avascular necrosis to femoral head
Fractures or dislocations of the hip can disrupt blood flow leading to cell death due to loss of blood flow
Inguinal hernias
Weakening of anterior abdominal wall and heightened intra-abdominal pressure causing part of the intestines to protrude into the inguinal canal compressing ilioinguinal nerve
Saphenous nerve entrapment syndrome
Entrapment as the nerve passes through the adductor canal or under the insertion of the sartorious, infra-patella branch can be encroached by scar tissue beneath subcutaneous tissue after arthroscopic surgery, results in altered sensation or pain to the medial knee and anteriomedial leg
Piriformis syndrome
Entrapment of the sciatic nerve or posterior cutaneous nerve under the Piriformis muscle