abdominal musculoskeletal pain-what gives Day 9 post-op

[pindoctor 49]

I am 9 days post op and have done very well and had little pain. However yesterday I dropped something around my feet in the car and leaned down to pick it up. That led to what I would call an abdominal muscle spasm right side around the liver area. This subsided after a few minutes but today I have had muscle soreness and tenderness in my right upper quadrant. The area is tender when I press on it or when I do anything that involves me using my abdominal muscles. The tenderness is above the incisions so not incision pain. If a sit or walk or don't use my abdominal muscles my pain is 0. There is zero relationship between eating, drinking, gas passage or bowel movements and this pain.

My "gut" (ha ha ) feeling is that I just strained a muscle in my abdomen and is probably nothing. Any suggestions?

[Daisee68 2,493]

​Ouch! I would try ice or heat maybe? If it gets worse or doesn't subside by Monday, call your dr office just to be safe since you are still so new out.

[Licia'sjourney 89]

I did something similar but I was 3 weeks out. I went to the surgeon's office just to be on the safe side and they said they thought it was muscle related too. I had been back to work 3 days and ended up having to take off another 3.5 days and I did nothing to irritate that muscle and I was fine about 4 days later.

Hope you heal quickly!