Dickerman R D, McConathy W J, Smith A B
Department of Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth 76107-2699, USA.
J Clin Gastroenterol. 1997 Jul;25(1):352-3. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199707000-00012.
We describe a hiatal hernia of moderate size in a 31-year-old competitive bodybuilder to raise the question of whether such hernias are more likely in young elite resistance-trained athletes as a consequence of attempts to increase intra-abdominal pressure and thus decrease the strain on the lumbar spine.