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  • Good intentions

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    June 6, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    Have you read the Sports Hernia thread? There might be some clues there.

    Hernia pain is, in essence, nerve pain, as nerves get stretched and damaged in the area of the tissue damage. Since you’ve had all of that surgery in the area and probably have lots of scar tissue pulling in unusual ways, even if you had a hernia, and had it repaired, it might not solve your pain problem directly. Just a perspective.

    Have you tried varying or expanding your activities to see if anything helps? I have had short times, days long, of persistent pain after mesh removal that would not diminish with rest. I decided, based on the research like that of Dr. Bendavid, that the scar tissue might just need to be moved around to get fluids flowing and help with moving irritants out. Nerves are growing in to areas of low blood flow, the scar tissue. So I went for a solid 2 mile run. And it worked, the pain went away and I got back on the path of recovery. It’s counterintuitive but it’s part of my routine now. Certain types of pain are a sign that I need to do more.

    I also found, back when I was trying to make the mesh work, that lifting weights had a similar effect. The increased abdominal pressure, and straining to lift, seemed to stretch and move things to where they felt better. It wasn’t the range of motion it was the activation of the muscles, I think.

    In short, I’m suggesting that maybe you try to stress the problem areas, in a controlled fashion. Go beyond walking or stretching, maybe do something more extreme. Ideally, you’d have a professional physical therapist help you, but I don’t think that the problem is amenable to the common therapies. It’s a risk of more pain, but if you don’t overdo it you should at least be able to get back to where you are now.

    I also just suggested this in somebody else’s thread – keep a log of your activities and how you feel. It looks like you already do, but make sure that you track the time between also. I’ve found that some actions have a delayed effect, and you can miss the correlation if you don’t keep track.