Not serious enough to be in 'Health & Fitness'...

[jackthehat]

Apart from my mum I am the only person I know who gets pain (very infrequently) at the back of my tummy-button.
It feels like someone is standing behind me forcefully tugging an invisible thread through my body. I think that my tummy-button disappears further inwards at these times (but I could, of course, be imaging that).

What actually sits at the back of your navel ?
What is causing the pain (it's really quite uncomfortable) ?
Are my mum and I the only people in the world this affects ?

[Poor-Alfie]

maybe, I have never had a pain there.

[jackthehat]

Thanks, Alfie - Only another 60,999,997 people to go, then.......

[sara3]

nope!

[sara3]

I had an umbilical hernia when I was pregnant.

I know you don't care but I thought I'd share :o)

[cazzz1975]

you may need to see derek acorah..

[jackthehat]

I think this could take a while.......:o(

[sara3]

can I recommend ibuprofen in the meantime?

[jackthehat]

600mg every six hours......? :o)

It's more that I've never met 'anyone' else who gets this.........(Mrs jth thinks it's another of my imaginary ailments !)

[erin-x]

I was just gonna mention the same as sara.. i've got a hernia aswell but it's not painful all of the time so they didn't bother to do anything with it.

[cazzz1975]

I would err on the lines of some sort of hernia, I would get it checked out if its worrying you.

[jackthehat]

I've had this from being a child..........as has my mum.....

I can go years without an 'attack' but it makes it difficult to walk completely upright.

Very odd :o/

[karenmac60]

I get a similar thing but it's more like someone has gripped my belly button and is pulling it forward - away from me. It's horrible and I really don't like anything or anyone touching my belly button at all, possibly because of this.

[bushbaby_de]

I get it mildly sometimes and bizarrely it makes me feel like I need to burp to make it go away. No idea what causes it but I get IBS so have all sorts of funny tummy goings on!

[jackthehat]

Hoorah.......!!

It's reassuring to know that we're not the only two who appear to suffer from semi-independent navels...

[LoftyLottie]

I get it to jth. Not often but definitely get it!

[jackthehat]

We're obviously a very select club.............:o)

[LoftyLottie]

I have IBS like bushbaby!! So I get weird pains all over that area. But I definitely know what you mean jth. It is almost as if something is attached to the back of the belly button to tightly!!

The Belly Button Club? Mmmmm

[Jemisa]

If you get pain jth then theres a problem. Pain is like a red warning light its there to tell us theres a problem.
Have you never had it checked out? Sounds like a hernia to me.

(Sqad will be here in the morning he'll be able to tell you)

jem

[follyfancier]

it could be something as simple as your waist bands being too tight

[LoftyLottie]

Jemisa I have had this for as long as I remember. I have never worried about it. I am 64 now. It goes off as quickly as it comes on and just leaves the area tender for a short time. Perhaps it is muscular.

Have just googled belly button pain and there are loads of articles and links!!!