If you’re traveling over the holiday season or planning on jetting somewhere warm in January or February, the last thing you want to do when you reach your destination is to check in the hospital because your hernia worsened during your travels. If you’ve been diagnosed with an asymptomatic or mild hernia, you’ll want to […]
5 Tips for Diagnosing & Treating Hiatal Hernias
A hiatal hernia is a condition that develops when the upper part of your stomach bulges through the diaphragm, the large muscle that separates your abdomen from your chest. Your diaphragm has a small opening, known as a hiatus, through which the esophagus passes before it connects to the stomach. When the stomach pushes back […]