Mother pulled her oblique?

[RasPlasch]

My mother and I were taking out a stump. She was working the shovel and I was chopping the roots out with an axe. A few days later she had/has an immense sharp pain right where her oblique is. Doctors said it isn't a hernia, kidney stone, or bladder infection. I think she pulled her oblique because it hurts like hell whenever she bends to a certain side. Are there any stretches, or anything she could do to help this heal faster? Or is bed rest the best option?

 

[Built]

What did the doctor say it was?

 

[RasPlasch]

They didn't really say anything. They guessed that it was a pulled muscle.

Basically they gave her Vicodin and muscle relaxers and told her, Good Luck!

 

[RasPlasch]

My mom went back to the doctor today. Turns out she has shingles. Problem solved.

 

[Gazhole]

I don't envy her, shingles is horrible. Wishing her a speedy recovery!