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Now I’m wondering if it’s a "Sports Hernia"
Yes, I realize this isn’t a real hernia (it’s called Inguinal Disruption now, right?), but some recent reading is making me wonder if this is what I’m dealing with. I’d initially ignored this possibility since I lacked one of the hallmark symptoms: chronic groin ache/pain. However, here’s why I’m reconsidering:
1. The “bulge” I sometimes see only appears when I clamp down/Valsalva and there doesn’t appear to be anything directly beneath it.
2. I do have chronic aches on the same side, though it seems to originate in my low back (sacral area). Sometimes it radiates to the top of my hip.
3. I don’t play sports that involve cutting or twisting, but I do frequently lift, squatting 3x/week, and it sounds like that activity can put the same kind of strain on the area.
There is still that little “something” I can feel inside, which I’d thought was a small amount of fat in the inguinal canal (if I push on it, it appears to travel back up the canal) but it never made it anywhere close to the superficial ring/scrotum. However what I’m now wondering is whether this is in fact some loose tissue due to soft tissue damage/slack in the posterior inguinal wall? It sounds like that’s a potential cause of Inguinal Disruption that would cause the type of “bulge” I sometimes see and comes without actual tearing (hence why there’s no chronic groin pain).
So, based on this, particularly the absence of pain and the presence of the other symptoms described, should I consider Inguinal Disruption as a potential diagnosis? And is there likely a causal relationship between that and the back pain, or is it more likely that both instead stem from a singular underlying issue (such as undiagnosed leg length discrepancy, or previous injury not properly tended to)?
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