Sometimes while doing Yoga or sit ups I feel a popping and then a very painful sensation in my abdomen. It feels as though something gets stuck under a rib and/or sternum. I can still breathe just fine. Its very painful and paralizing. I have to staighten my body for it to slide or pop out. What could this be?
HI. Thanks for your query. This is an atypical presentation where you are getting this feeling of popping and pain just below the sternum / rib. As this is occurring after yoga or sit-ups, it is suggestive of a hernia in the epigastric. This is a peculiar site as the fat only gets entrapped, and you get a pain. The moment you are straightening, the hernial contents get back to abdomen and your pain is relieved. I would advise you the following