Wiebe has seen people worry that it’s irreversible, but that’s not true: “It is absolutely something that can be altered, but only if you change your strategy,” she said. There may be dimpling at the base of the lower ribs where the skin starts to tuck under. Chronic stomach gripping can lead to definition in the upper abs, horizontal creases around the belly button area and soft, undefined lower abs. You might see more definition in the upper abdominal muscles, while noticing softer lower abs that you have a hard time contracting. How do you know you have hourglass syndrome?Ĭhronic stomach grippers have highly developed muscles in the upper rectus abdominis, or upper abs, and a lasting tension in that region, Browning noted. Pelvic health issues: If you’re gripping your abs and have incontinence, it could lead to leaking or worsen the problem because of the constant pressure on pelvic structures from above, she said. It’s the result of doing stomach gripping for an extended period of time or with too many repetitions “to get rid of any pooch, for lack of a better term,” said Adam Browning, a chiropractor with the Cleveland Clinic’s Medina Hospital in Ohio. “This generation in their 30s are the first who have really grown up with the idea of core - that we have to keep everything tight all the time… (but) it’s not a healthy choice to be gripping all the time.” What is hourglass syndrome? “We’ve been sold a bit of a bill of goods around that as women - and men do it, too,” Wiebe told TODAY. Julie Wiebe, a clinical assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it more of a “fallout” from people attempting to constantly suck in their stomach than a syndrome, but said the health consequences of the habit are real. Some have called the resulting problems hourglass syndrome, with TikTok users displaying another potential consequence of non-stop stomach gripping: dimpling at the base of the lower ribs where the upper ab muscles have apparently tightened from overuse.
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