If you’re an athlete struggling with pain in the groin area where your thigh and abdomen meet, you could have a sports hernia. Learn about the latest in diagnosing and treating this painful condition that can land you on the sideline.
Feb 12th, 2021
If you’re an athlete struggling with pain in the groin area where your thigh and abdomen meet, you could have a sports hernia. Learn about the latest in diagnosing and treating this painful condition that can land you on the sideline.
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Did you suffer an injury on the field or on the ice? Athletes who play vigorous sports are at risk for a painful condition known as a sports hernia. This injury causes groin pain, and it can be severe enough to keep you out of the game.
It depends, but you should always check with your physician before proceeding with playing football since there is a different degree of inguinal hernias and everyone is going to have a different set of circumstances.
Targeted Muscle Re-innervation, or simply TMR, is a novel procedure that involves the rewiring of the body’s peripheral nerves. While nerve transfers have been around for decades, they have mainly been in upper extremity nerve injuries. The TMR...
Groin pain after inguinal hernia surgery is not uncommon regardless of the type of repair, which includes laparoscopic, robotic, open, mesh, and no mesh repairs. There are three main nerves that run in the inguinal...
Chronic pain after inguinal hernia or sports hernia surgery occurs in approximately 2-4% of all patients who undergo the procedure. There are several reasons for chronic pain, but the most likely source is an injury, kinking, or scarring to the sensory...
Mesh is commonly used with inguinal hernia repairs through an open or laparoscopic approach to reinforce the weakened inguinal floor. With an open repair, an incision is placed on the lower abdomen/pubic area to allow placement of the mesh from an...
There are several different types of non-mesh repair techniques for sports hernias or inguinal hernias. The technique that I perform routinely is the Muschaweck minimal tension repair technique, which is a modification of the Shouldice Repair technique...
Chronic pain in the high-performance athlete is a serious concern since it can result in a career ending decision as we have seen with several athletes in the NFL recently. The most recent high-profile athlete was Luke Kuechley, a linebacker on...