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quote UhOh!:

Question: Does the sports hernia ever present with a bulge? Much of what I am experiencing sounds very similar other than the fact that my muscle aches radiate upward and outward (from around “4b” to the outer, upper edge of “2” on the diagram) and there is a bit of a bulge that seems originate just above “4b.”

Part of what has me coming back to the sports hernia is what causes them makes a lot of sense for me: my primary form of physical activity is power lifting (squatting, deadlifting, overhead pressing; particularly squatting). What the larger article says about creating a significant imbalance fits my working out to a T.

All that being said, the fact that there’s visible bulging sounds like it may limit the diagnosis to a true inguinal hernia.

I actually just recently spoke with Dr. Goldstein of “The Hernia Institute” in New York and he told me that several of his patients that presented sports hernia symptoms in-fact has an indirect inguinal hernia–which is a “real” herniation. In this case, a small bugle will present itself–though not always palpable from the outside of the body like your case.

It is great that you mentioned your powerlifting background. I am actually a competitive powerlifter and experienced the same imbalance issues that ultimately, I believe, led to my sports hernia. Muscular imbalances seem to play a very large, if not the largest, role in developing the injury.

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quote Chaunce1234:

Thanks for the added details about sports hernias / inguinal disruption.

On a related note, here are a list of surgeons in the USA who are reported to be capable of diagnosing and performing surgery sports hernia / inguinal disruption / athletic pubalgia injuries. The sports hernia repair is typically a non-mesh tissue repair, or similar.

EAST COAST SPORTS HERNIA SPECIALISTS:

– Dr William Meyers – Philadelphia PA

– Dr Alexander Poor – Philadelphia PA

– Dr Litwin – UMass MA

– Dr Brian Busconi – UMass

– Dr Andrew Boyarsky – NJ

WEST COAST SPORTS HERNIA SPECIALISTS

– Dr William Brown – Fremont CA

I believe Dr Shirin Towfigh may perform sports hernia surgery as well, but I am not certain of that.

If anyone knows of any other sports hernia surgeons, feel free to add them to the list.

Thank-you for your excellent contribution to the thread!