Anyone ever had a "Sports Hernia" aka: "Sportsman's hernia", "Gilmore's groin", or &quot

Sorry if this is a double post. I don't know what's wrong with this thread these days.

Munich Bound,

Shouldice Clinic is also half the price of Dr. UM. I was diagnosed with bilateral inguinal hernia by Dr. UM - US$6500 for Shouldice Euro 8800 for Dr. UM. She actually recommended Shouldice to me and sent me their contact info.

Andrei,

Dr. UM is still doing Shouldice technique. Her first choice is her minimially invasive technique, but it depends on the size of the tear and quality of the tissue. If the tear is >2 cm or the tissue is not good enough quality she will do Shouldice technique.

My update:

I had planned to get the inguinal hernias fixed as Dr. UM recommended - she said that would solve my pains. She did say I could resume activity as I felt, but to be aware of the stresses in the muscles in my pubic region due to widening of inguinal canal. I feel fine today and since my hernias are small, there is no bulge, no doctor besides Dr. UM can detect them, and there is no immediate concern I have put off the surgery and will just keep an eye on it with my regular doctor. As soon as I see a bulge though I'm off to Shouldice. Actually, Shouldice required that I bring information from my doctor describing the hernia since I have no visible bulge. They didn't seem to consider the ultrasound images from Dr. UM that I sent them.

I think in the end my problem was just a bad groin strain that took 7 months to heal and that finding these inguinal hernias only happened because I was diagnosed with SH and saw Dr. UM. I'm not totally sure about that because it wasn't like any groin strain I'd had before, but that's what I'm going with for now.

Here you go guys.

http://www.leistenbruch.de/fileadmin/docs/UEFA_engl.pdf

Just thought I would let everyone know that I played my first soccer game in nearly two years... no groin pain to speak of, but I broke some ribs yesterday unfortunately. But I'll take that over a sports hernia.

I'm a little over 4 months out of mesh surgery with Dr. Jeff Hoadley in Atlanta, GA. I am continuing rehab/core work since I had a lot of dysfunctions as part of the injury. But I feel very optimistic now. The recovery process can be very frustrating for those of us who have been out for a long time. So just remember to be patient or it will wear you out psychologically.

It felt spectacular to get out there and run around yesterday. Good luck to all.

Has anyone ever experienced a bulge in the groin area due to a sports hernia? Much of what I have read on this condition says that there is no outward physical signs for this condition, but I definitly have a bulge or swelling of some kind in my groin area.

Additionally, what are peoples most recent experience with getting insurance to cover a sports hernia repair? BTW, I have Aetna insurance.

Thanks for the replies

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Here you go guys.

http://www.leistenbruch.de/fileadmin/docs/UEFA_engl.pdf

So I intially had SH symptoms back in Feb 2009, and after doing several months of PT over the summer to strengthen the rectus abdominus and obliques (while not causing additional pain), my pain did not decrease. I decided to take the last 2 weeks "off" from any and all types of strengthening and amazingly, my pain is nearly gone.

No groin pain, no adductor pain, just some residual dull ache in the left side (oblique)? Am curious to "test" it out but want to wait a little while longer to feel 100% during resting activities. Very encouraged and am wondering why I didn't take some down time to begin with - lesson learned by me about pushing through an injury...

mobtown - more than likely a regular inguinal hernia or just a very weakened abdominal wall.

I am similar in that i am bi-lateral but i actually have a bulge or swelling on my right side, well it sticks out further than the left, so i would describe that as a bulge but you cant see intestinal outlines or anything like that.

hello folks.

after six months of pain with this i think i am making some progress.

i went for a shiatsu treatment to deal with the pain(about three months ago now) and the shiatsu dude explained this to me in a completely different way.

basically he said that the flow of energy within the body was in excess in the right side and lacking in the left(symptoms are right side)he said that it if i sorted my diet out and rested it should recover.

with that he got my attention.

recomendation was to follow a macrobiotic diet and that it would take about a year.

so macrobiotics for dummies by vern varona was purchased and in i have gone with max commitment. my practioner speculated that the problem was an excess of both yin and yang energy rather than one or the other and it is this that makes it so hard to deal with.

a bit of reading will help you understand this.

return the energetic state to the middle and you stand half a chance.

so then..three months in and all i have now is a slight sense of looseness in the abdominal muscles all of the testi pain is gone no tension in the groin,no real pain to speak of.

i have been having a shiatsu about once every three weeks to help it along.

something to be aware of is that it will make you feel ill sometimes you seem to get ill (fevers and stuff) and then you get a big shift in the right direction.

so there you go.

it might seem a bit out there but its working for me.

forgot to say i am running twice a week for about an hour.

not getting over tired is important.

all the best folks.

So, ARenko you're going to wait until you get the bulge? It can be years or never. If you'd like to solve your hernias now is Shouldice going to consider it based on Dr. UM's diagnosis? There are couple of old posts in this thread highlighting that Shouldice do not operate what they cannot see/diagnose.

Are you able now to do any physical activities not followed by inflammation because I cannot? My symptoms now are minimal but as soon as I do any average to high intensity physical activity my inflammation is back the day after.

Wonderful news Den. It is so comforting to hear that people with similar problems as yours that found and fixed the problems are returning to normal life. In the other hand how the heck did you manage to break your ribs?

Mobtown,

As london sufferer suggested you may have an inguinal hernia and not SH because of the bulge. Be more specific about the bulge location. Groin area is quite large and has many organs, muscles, nerves , veins, bones and tendons. Where exactly is the bulge? Do some research about inguinal hernias and based on your symptoms and localization try to find out which type is. As far as I read, the one where the bulge goes down to the testicles should be addressed immediately.

As far as the broken ribs goes, I got hit from behind during the game and knocked off balance, hitting the turf. It was a bittersweet return to playing I guess, but I was thrilled to not have groin pain anymore. So in some twisted way, I was happy to have broken ribs instead of a sports hernia.

It seems like a lot of questions are raised about mesh surgeries in this forum. Early on, I did have what seemed to be a lot of irritation. But that is gone now. In talking to Dr. Hoadley, the upside to mesh is that it will prevent a future inguinal hernia on that side. I realize we all have different conditions and symptoms; and there are different doctors out there for a number of conditions. But at this point, I wouldn't change any of my decisions for surgery itself or the type of surgery. Because as long as I heal properly, it doesn't matter to how long it took or who performed the operation.

be well.

Andrei,

I feel 100% now and play soccer with no issues. Occasionally I feel the slightest of sensations in the area, but that's about it.

There is no immediate concern and, like I said my doctor(and 3 other doctors - two of them surgeons) couldn't even detect it. Shouldice approved me for surgery, but one of the conditions was I bring something from my doctor describing the situation because I indicated on my questionaire that I didn't have a bulge. I'm sure I could get Dr. UM to provide me something in writing.

I initially planned to have the surgery because it seemed to be limiting me and Dr. UM said it was as well, but it's not now. I will get surgery if I get a bulge because that will just gross me out (a lot of people live with the bulge for some time until a doc says it's time for surgery). I will also get surgery if it begins to limit my physical activity again. And I understand that it will only get worse and one day I probably will need surgery. That combined with my pain was what made me want to do it now, but since the pain is gone, I will wait.

Is everyone else having the problems I'm having with this thread? It can go from 1-3 weeks where it seems like there are no new posts (at least I can't see them, even my own), then it will work and I can see all the posts made in that time. It's really frustrating.

If you haven't guessed the above post by testing was actually me. I used the testing post a few days ago to see if it would wake up the thread for me.

ARenko

Yes Arenko I have the same problem but I email Weldon who runs this site and he fixes it. The bad thing is that the problem comes back all the time, I wish he could fix the thread once and for all beacause I think many people stops posting.

Guys,

I noticed that problems with this thread occur when the page reaches the maximum length and normally a new page has to be opened but this does not happen so new posts are queuing until guys like Weldon (many thanks to him) is doing it manually and release the posts queue. Based on my experience this is coming from the forums module part of the website app which is not able to handle so many pages and posts. The solution here would be to archive part the old posts (let's say the 1st 100 pages). My 2c.

ARenko by all means if you fell so good there is no reason to go under the knife. You're one of the luckiest cases and I envy you. In my case and others there is no way we get rid of it 100%. Yes it improves if you don't do sports or any strenuous activities. Once you go above the threshold it kicks you right back. Let me give an example. I have a Compex which is an electrostimulator and it has couple of programs for rehabing muscles. I tried twice very gentle (scale 10 out of 200) to massage my adductors with it. I felt very well and warmed up after it but the day after I've got the inflammation. So that was a static muscle stimulation. Very low level but it seems that it doesn't like it. I'm now calm and patient waiting for Dr. UM's diagnostic. If she says operation then I'll go for it. I'm now 7 months and I thing I hit plateau in healing/getting better.