hey guys
yes, i also think that germany is the way to go. that is why i had my surgery done there. not only is the cost doable, but the level of care is unsurpassable.
muschaweck knows her stuff!!! the hospital is unlike any other i have been to. the nurses are very pleasant as well, i must add.
8 weeks post op- feeling better but with lots of intermittent pains. apparently nerve pains as reaction to new activity. but, it is most important to note that i went for 18 months without diagnosis and treatment, and that can make a big difference in symptoms and outcome. both sides were injured. without the diagnosis, my body went through readjustments in order to funciton (the psoas muscles are affected in the injury- your heart of your core). i am going to take a while to recover via phys therapy and whatnot in order to get my musculoskeletal system back into normal function.
there is no doubt that i needed the sugery. i was in agony beforehand, but saw some releif via phys therapy to address my musculoskeletal imbalances. but never would have gotten fully better without the surgery.
so if you do in fact do have a sports hernia, by all means i think you should get it fixed (but then again i am no doctor, i am only speaking from personal experience). i *think* that they only get worse with time as most injuries do.
dr muschaweck is very personable and i believe that she is the world's expert on the sports hernia (she calls it the sportsman's groin). her site is
www.hernien.de
go from there and see what i mean. she never does surgery in the states or anywhere else besides germany. but munich is very nice, worth spending your money on the plane and hotel as opposed to spending it on extra anesthesia, pt, and hospitalization. i am very glad i made the choice to see her instead of anyone else.
i hope it helps, feel free to contact me if you have any questions, maybe i can help. at least i will give it a shot with what limited knowledge i have.
by the way, if your doctor(s) think that since you have already had an mri and/or ct scan that you don't have any injury, they are probably wrong. the sh is very rarely seen on either test since the body is still during the imaging tests.