<human>: I have a diastasis recti, found by dr after pregnancy years ago dx by a surgeon 1 year ago had no problems until the other day. I have had some discomfort, the other day I pushed on my stomach to try to push the muscle back in, it was hard instead of regular soft, I have a light redness around my belly button, it went away and came back, I have NO pain just feels uncomfortable when I get up & down, some pinching by belly button & inside belly button looks like belly button pushing out a little. its been 3 days and feels little better each day, is it possible I irritated the muscle & how long until it feel normal again
<bot>: Hi. The umbilical position of just pushed out indicates that you have an umbilical hernia along with diastase recto. This indicates you be examined again by a General Surgeon, get a diagnosis and if required get the defect and umbilical hernia corrected by an operation. Only surgery can correct such type of pains, till then you can consult a Physiotherapist to get abdominal wall exercises as may be required for your condition.