Anybody who wants to discuss the surgical vs. non-surgical issue, I will always be ready to discuss it.The top priority for discussion, it seems to me, probably is rehab. It's evident here that for the people that have had surgery, rehab is a challenge. Reading this years-long thread I've seen people, before their surgery, express the idea that rehab would be tough, but simple and straightforward. The surgical patient would just need to follow a one-page list and have some fortitude, be tough.But as we all know now, whether followers of the surgical path or the non-surgical path, rehabilitation is not simple.CONJECTURE 1: Whether one follows the surgical path or the non-surgical path, rehabilitation is the key.Here are 10 accounts of rehab success:http://www.sportsherniaforum.com/index.cgi?board=inactivity&action=display&thread=17CONJECTURE 2: There is a conceptual overlap across rehab wisdom for surgical recovery and non-surgical recovery.In the 10 accounts of rehab success above, I see elements of MeLLoDraMa's Theory, as well as elements of Albert's Conjecture, shown below.
MeLLoDraMa wrote:
What I've found out is that pushing the envelope a bit athletically has provided some gains. I continue to theorize based upon my recovery from this injury and others that athletes have to continue some form of sport specific activity during recovery in order to allow the injury site to heal in a manner that will allow for future athletic activity..
Albert wrote:
Whenever I try something new and push it I get the RA soreness the next day....go back at it.....slightly less inflammation.....by 3rd or 4th day body has adapted to that activity. It is tough on the mind to know your body will have that reaction and not get alarmed.
The best way for all of us to get better, it seems to me, is to have as many people as possible begin expressing their views, theories, and especially empirical experiences with rehab. Discussion and debate. Discussion and debate.
That way we can add our brainpower together, harness our group intellect, and help posterity, future sports hernia sufferers who are kids today. In other words, for rehab, what seems to work for you? What doesn't? How would you improve the conventional wisdom on rehab? Have you tried resting? What was the result? What about your diet? Do you rehab every single day?
I've learned a lot from everybody here. My hope is to be healed by everybody in this thread. And likewise, to help heal everybody in this thread.
Adding brains together is like chemistry, very powerful, almost explosive in power. Brains can only be added together efficiently through vigorous debate and discussion. There's no other way. Bluebirds and flowers don't cut it.
Like General Patton admonished his subordinate generals, If everybody's thinking the same then somebody isn't thinking.
We need more contribution, more perspectives, from everybody.