Sports hernia

There is a huge thread about this topic... Link below. You should find all your answers there.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=559820&page=0

Thanks Doug, in the past 2 days I read approximately 50 out of 79 pages and only saw one or two post's from individuals that were from the Denver area but oddly enough no replied to their specific question. I posted in that thread as well but after 2 days the post never appeared (probably something I did) so I started a new thread hoping I would get a response

Thanks again

Tug

I always wondered why turning your head and coughing somehow gave a doctor a better way to diagnose a hernia. The coughing part I understood, but turning your head?

I had to go in to my own doctor this summer to check out a severely aching groin, and finally figured it out...I turned my head so I wouldn't cough all over him!

Anyway, no hernia for me either. It was an bad abductor strain. The abductor goes up into the abdomen, so you probably have a similar strain. He told me no running at all and sent me to physical therapy. After 6 weeks of stretching and specific strengthening exercises, I was cleared to run. It's been two months since and just a week ago I was finally able to run without the slightest hint of pain in the area.

You don't need a surgeon if there is no hernia. Look into PT and be patient. By all means, follow the advice of professionals to the letter. For some of us guys, if left to our own devices, we will always push things too early and too far. I'm 53 years old, and from the time of injury to the point where all pain disappeared, it took 6 months to clear up.

Good luck.

WOW thanks 73 that makes me feel better... I sincerely mean that :-)

I was hoping that I just strained something but with the swelling of my right testicle I'm thinking that it's something a little more serious.

I didn't have the swelling (at least not noticeably) in my testicle, but it sure HURT after a run or a race. I tried to tough it out for almost 3 months, but after a 15K race finally decided to go into the doctor. I was relieved there was no hernia.God, in the time I laid low, I gained 8 lbs., the biggest gain I've ever experienced. AT 53, I'm having a tough time shedding it now that I'm back to training. Something else I have to be patient with. I guess.Again, good luck, Tug.

Tug wrote:

WOW thanks 73 that makes me feel better... I sincerely mean that :-)

I was hoping that I just strained something but with the swelling of my right testicle I'm thinking that it's something a little more serious.

My workouts consist of 30 minutes of cardio (eliptical machine) and an hour of lifting weights.

I'm 5'7 weigh 180 pounds and my body fat is around 7%. Knowing that I cant work out for atleast 2 months I'm sure I'll lose muscle and put on fat no matter how clean my diet is.

To say I'm depressed is an understatement.

If it's a true sports hernia then rest will not help you. Do not be satisfied with a simplistic explanation from your doctor. Find a doc that 'believes' in SH, and get a diagnosis from them. The crappy thing about SH is that it is diagnosis by elimination. If you have an MRI done on your pelvis and nothing is obviously wrong, and rest isn't helping, then it's pretty for sure you have a SH.

The thing to do in that case is to email Dr. Ulrike Muschaweck in Munich and set up an operation. She fixed me up and I was back to running 10 days after the operation just like new. Moreover, sometimes flights to Munich are rediculously cheap. For instance, last March, I flew from San Diego to Munich, ROUND TRIP, for $420.

Good luck, and don't take 'rest' for an answer.

Bw, what were your symptoms like? Did the doctor in Munich perform any tests to diagnos you prior to surgery? Do you have any info on the details of the surgery, what was repaired, how? Thanks.Dave

bw wrote:

If it's a true sports hernia then rest will not help you. Do not be satisfied with a simplistic explanation from your doctor. Find a doc that 'believes' in SH, and get a diagnosis from them. The crappy thing about SH is that it is diagnosis by elimination. If you have an MRI done on your pelvis and nothing is obviously wrong, and rest isn't helping, then it's pretty for sure you have a SH.

The thing to do in that case is to email Dr. Ulrike Muschaweck in Munich and set up an operation. She fixed me up and I was back to running 10 days after the operation just like new. Moreover, sometimes flights to Munich are rediculously cheap. For instance, last March, I flew from San Diego to Munich, ROUND TRIP, for $420.

Good luck, and don't take 'rest' for an answer.

there is a SH specialist in fremont california (30 miles from SFO), Dr William Brown. he has a ton of info on his website at

http://www.sportshernia.com

. he definitely knows his stuff and is a trained vascular surgeon so is pretty particular. i had surgery for a bilateral SH just this morning and it seems to have gone well. obviously too early to tell if it's fixed me.

i was all set to go to philly to see meyers at drexel when i got referred to brown by the sports doctor from the raiders.

I called my insurance provider and because Im self insured it would cost somewhere around $4000.00 to get this surgically corrected, with the economy doing as bad as it is I'll more than likely just stop training and hopefully in due time the swelling and pain will subside. If it doesnt get any better by the first of the year than I'll try to find someone in the Denver area whose familiar with this procedure and have the operation.

Thanks again,

Tug

I started this post 3 days ago and the pain and the swelling are all but gone. I really want to go to the gym on Monday but I'm afraid if I do I'll only make matters worst.

Any suggestions?

wanted to hear how you have done since your surgery for SH. I have been communicating some with Dr Brown by email and am considering going to him for surgery soon. I live in NM and no one here knows what I am talking about with the SH.

Many things have helped through the years; chiro, hellerwork, accupuncture etc but I still cannot work out ans it has been more than 3 years. I feel like I have to consider the surgery now. thanks for any input/advice!