If your surgical wound becomes infected, the area is more likely to become weak. You may also get a hernia next to a stoma. A stoma is an opening in your abdomen that drains stool from your bowels. Muscle strain: Heavy lifting and pregnancy can strain the muscles in your abdomen.
WHAT THEY DO... Active trigger points cause muscle pain. Latent trigger point can cause stiffness in a muscle. Triggers are created by a protective mechanism in your body - a message that tells a muscle to tighten up to prevent further damage.
1 One reason that caspases become activated is a lack of survival signals. Cells live in communities and support each other by sending out survival signals. If a cell doesn't get its dose of survival signal, it goes into apoptosis mode, activating caspases.  Death receptors also activate caspases.