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Sportman's Hernia
Significant interest has been generated in the sports world on this topic. The term “sports hernia” (or sportsman’s hernia) is a confusing diagnosis, including a hodgepodge of underlying pathologies and associated treatments. Several author's including myself question the diagnosis of hernia. Most of the authors make a diagnosis of sports hernia only if the pain is present on vigorous activities and not at rest. Different authors have given several different etiologies for sports hernia: (A) strain, injuries or weakness of the abdominal muscles and posterior wall of the inguinal canal (B) Eendunitis about the pubis, adductor tendon,
Iliopsoas and rectus abdominus or osteitis pubis (C) nerve entrapment syndromes (obturator, ilioinguinal, lateral femoral cutaneous, genitofemoral)
Very few authors have had good results with conservative treatment of sports hernias. The majority of the sports hernias are treated surgically.
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