Good intentions

@good-intentions I agree 100% with your post!

I wonder whether in the future genetic engineering of the problematic tissue might provide the ultimate cure to the problem…whether this will happen or not, the PT component will never go away i.e. one should always exercise the body, whether with or without an hernia, or after an hernia fix…
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I can understand that, but I still think the “risk” of unexpected problems after a mesh repair should be factored in together with the recurrence rate….

Having said that, < 13% seems low enough to me, considering that it is similar to the mesh figures anyway: or am I missing something basic here?

Well there are plenty of nerves in the inguinal area, and so any increase in pressure or movement might trigger some of them….just out of curiosity: is the itching present at all times? is it severe? Is it at the skin (surface) level, or deeper? I bet some doctor on the forum might chime in when given more details…

I have a feeling of weakness at times and minor pain if I train hard…at the beginning I had minor pain more often than not but that I have not had for a long time now (minor i.e. nothing at rest, not severe enough to stop me doing things or distract me, and has not affected my sexual life either) …some surgeons here would say it got bigger and…[Read more]

I don’t think it is a question of ‘how much weight’….do you train the whole body? Are the core muscles engaged?

My rule of thumb is: the more I want to do, the more I need to train all the muscles so I can do it.
Which would translate in: the more weight you want to lift as part of your exercise routine, the more overall training you need to…[Read more]

@william-bryant At the moment I would rather avoid surgery if I can. I should mention that 20+ years ago I had hernia surgery for an hernia few cm above the belly button which was repaired with sutures (it was small and the surgeon decided not to use mesh), so it is not that I am absolutely against surgery per se.
The inguinal area is tricky and…[Read more]

@Wim From what I saw in videos etc the mesh they use seems very small. As mentioned before the mesh shape and not the size are touted to make the difference here…

I think the question of what one can do with an hernia is not so simple. First of all a direct hernia is e.g. not really a hole, but a deformation. Also, muscles work together, which is already a very difficult problem to fully understand. If you add then the fascia in, which connects seemingly distant and unrelated parts of the body, the picture…[Read more]

I think in this case the mesh materials (even when fully re-absorbable) are probably manufactured by somebody else or are the usual ones in the market; the shape is what makes the difference in this particular method: can you patent the shape? maybe you can, I am not sure…..

When I have time I will look up few of the major hospitals in Italy,…[Read more]

This is why I got interested in the technique too, i.e. the mesh shape as well as the tissue repair part
are combined in a unique way…

It kind of reminds me of this other technique somehow

https://maplespub.com/article/Minimizing-Retained-Foreign-Body-in-Hernia-Repair-Using-a-Novel-Technique-Reinforced-Biologic-Augmented-Repair-ReBAR

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The technique is used in some hospitals in Italy as the surgeon who introduced it is Italian. I had the chance to speak to him, and he mentioned that he also uses absorbable meshes…it can very well be that the technique is also offered in other countries as well….

I would also mention that he called me to explain what he does and how, which I…[Read more]

It’d be interesting to have some stats as to who does better after hernia surgery….

As for the athletes, they may be the ones putting more stress on the repair, and also complaining on their body limitations, but they are also the ones who train more their core in general, as well as the other muscles, which protects the hernia area (with or…[Read more]

I wish I could get 1 euro for each time I read a comment by someone appalled by the state of affairs in the medical industry (notice the word industry, it should be telling:)…

BTW there is a Netflix documentary about mesh, I recommend watching it (disclaimer: you will be angry afterwards)

I used to say this: martial arts got me few injuries, but most definitely made me avoid few others…the same goes with exercising: you sure will not twist your ankle while on the couch, but you might suffer from high blood pressure…

In one sentence, we were made to move…

I look at this as the triad of hell! You have the area (e.g. the groin) that is tricky from the anatomy and functionality point of view (it is a very key area if you are an athlete), you have the huge numbers of patients (huge volume) , and you have the business and involvement of big corporations!

Remove any of these three components, and I…[Read more]

Sorry I meant always PT=Physical Therapy

I think there is a misunderstanding on what a cure means….personally I think of that as “reduction of symptoms”. As an example in the past people were pushed into surgery whenever a meniscus problem was diagnosed: it has since been found that at 4 years the symptoms of those who had surgery and those who had PR were similar/identical, suggesting…[Read more]