Sports Hernia

[wullymc 0]

Can any of you guys who had the groin issues/hernia throw some symtpons out there? I pulled my groin a couple of months ago and does not et better, it's even to the point where at times I get pain shooting into my 'nads. Not a good feeling........I did go the Doctor, and good old Navy medicine tells me to "take some Motrin and rest a little". Thanks.......

To explain what happened to me is after a long trip in the car, driving I found myself in pain and later when I had a shower I found my right groin had a problem. It had popped out. If you have a bad hernia you will notice it...because it will have popped out of your ab wall.

Now I have a second hernia. My family doctor was able to feel it. Basically it hurt when I coughed and have had pain in my left testicle. I went to the specialist and he said that he will not operate until it perferates the abdominal wall and just continue. He said there are nerves that run down that could be affecting the testicle.

I am with whomever said that when they operate on one inginual (sports hernia) canal they should also plug the other side because the small intestines will just come through any available opening.

I hope everyone that is fighting these hernias will feel better soon. Unfortunately, there is not a way to make them go away without surgery.

[cj190 0]

To the person who is worried about a sports hernia, I will say that pain in the testicles is a sign you may have one. If the pain travels up into your stomach as well, specifically the lower right on the side of the original groin pull, it is also a sign you may have one. I would recommend stopping right now playing hockey and find a good physical therapist who knows the sports hernia problem. You also need to get to a good orthopedic surgeon/doc who can make sure its not a standard hernia. Remember, a sports hernia is not a hernia at all, it just feels like one. Its actually an abdomen tear. Trust me on this. I think if I had stopped playing hockey at the point you are at now, I would not have had to have gotten surgery. BUT, you have to call multiple docs/surgeons/physical therapists to find one who knows this injury. They are worthless to you otherwise. Physical therapy, if done in time, has around a 30% success rate. If it turns out you have one, PM me for more info and a great website. One second thought, Ill post it for everyone: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php...820&page=50

If you cannot afford a physical therapist, search teh web for the correct excerices. Here is what I think may be a good link. It is connected with the guy who found a surgical treatment for the injury, Jerry Gilmore, hence why it was first called Gilmore's Groin. He also has his own website which is worth checking out.

http://www.physioroom.com/prevention/core_strength/index.php

[BobMcRobertson 0]

To the person who is worried about a sports hernia, I will say that pain in the testicles is a sign you may have one. If the pain travels up into your stomach as well, specifically the lower right on the side of the original groin pull, it is also a sign you may have one. I would recommend stopping right now playing hockey and find a good physical therapist who knows the sports hernia problem. You also need to get to a good orthopedic surgeon/doc who can make sure its not a standard hernia. Remember, a sports hernia is not a hernia at all, it just feels like one. Its actually an abdomen tear. Trust me on this. I think if I had stopped playing hockey at the point you are at now, I would not have had to have gotten surgery. BUT, you have to call multiple docs/surgeons/physical therapists to find one who knows this injury. They are worthless to you otherwise. Physical therapy, if done in time, has around a 30% success rate. If it turns out you have one, PM me for more info and a great website. One second thought, Ill post it for everyone: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php...820&page=50

If you cannot afford a physical therapist, search teh web for the correct excerices. Here is what I think may be a good link. It is connected with the guy who found a surgical treatment for the injury, Jerry Gilmore, hence why it was first called Gilmore's Groin. He also has his own website which is worth checking out.

http://www.physioroom.com/prevention/core_strength/index.php

I appreciate the gouge. Unfortunatly being in the military, the Doctors and medics tend to treat symptons and not look for the cause. I told them today It felt like somebody sticking a knife in my nuts and they made me an appointment for tomorrow. Better than nothing I guess......

[SydNap 25]

I have some sort of hernia issue going on for the past 4 months, been trying to lift and skate through it. I'm at the point where I've realized this could get worse, so I'm attempting to rehab my hips, groin, and core, while cutting back on everything else in an attempt to fix the issue without surgery. Anyone have experience with this course of action?

[shooter27 116]

Back in college I was originally diagnosed with a sports hernia. This was late in the season, about 3 weeks out from the start of the playoffs, and I was pissed that I was going to miss the rest of the season. I tried to convince the doc that I could rehab and play through it, but he said no way. The injury happened during a Saturday night game and I went under the knife Monday morning. The original plan was to simply repair with the normal technique it and that my season would be done. When the doc got in there he saw that I had a regular hernia, not a sports hernia (there is much less abdominal tearing in a regular hernia), but I had also shredded almost all of the muscle in the inguinal crease between the top edge of my thigh and my groin. I ended up with a much bigger incision and the doctor decided to use the mesh technique both to reinforce the hernia site and to repair and reinforce the muscles along my inguinal crease. This left me with two big pieces of mesh in my groin area that I didn't expect, but there was a major positive. Since the mesh technique is so much faster healing and because I had built up so much strength in the area from compensation of the muscle tearing in the crease, I literally was only off skates for one week. I was walking the day after surgery (I tried to go to class that day, but still wasn't up for it), I sat out practice that week, as well as our weekend games. The Monday following surgery I was back at practice (in a limited capacity the first couple of days) and I played that weekend. So for those of you that are trying to get by without surgery, I would recommend that if you are a candidate for the mesh technique you should just get it done. That's the fastest way to both relieve your pain and get back with your life and your hockey.