by William Brown, MD | May 21, 2014 | Diagnoses, Sports Hernia Rehabilitation, Sports Hernia Surgery
Five Considerations to Keep in Mind When Choosing a Sports Hernia Surgeon Once you have been diagnosed with a sports hernia, the next step is surgical repair. Since inguinal disruptions are a very specific, hard-to-diagnose injury, it’s important to select a sports...
by William Brown, MD | May 13, 2014 | Diagnoses, Sports Hernia Surgery
Why Are Sports Hernias (Inguinal Disruptions) So Darn Difficult to Diagnose? If you have severe groin pain, you’ve probably heard all of the possibilities by now… it is a sprain, a ligament tear or hyper-extension. One you might not have heard yet? Inguinal...
by William Brown, MD | Feb 19, 2014 | Diagnoses, Female Sports Hernias, General Information, Treatment of Sports Hernias
The Dancer’s Guide to Sports Hernias On the surface, one could not find two athletic polar opposites than ice hockey players and dancers. Looking closer however, they share several commonalities in the way they move and strain their torso and groin areas. These...
by William Brown, MD | Jan 30, 2014 | Diagnoses, Sports Hernia Questions, Treatment of Sports Hernias
Mesh Repair for Sports Hernia Continues to Lose Favor Amongst the Medical Community Dr. Josef E. Fischer, Harvard Medical School professor, recently published an article in The American Journal of Surgery arguing against the use of mesh in sport hernia repair surgery....
by William Brown, MD | Jan 23, 2014 | Diagnoses, Press Releases, Sports Hernia News, Treatment of Sports Hernias
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The British Hernia Society’s Manchester Consensus Conference Results in New Terminology for Sports Hernia A consensus conference held by the British Hernia Society concludes that a sports hernia should be called inguinal disruption since no true...
by William Brown, MD | Jan 16, 2014 | Diagnoses, Sports Hernia News
Inguinal Disruption – The British Hernia Society Officially Renames the Sports Hernia The Sports Hernia injury has been given many names over the years. None of these names are very accurate. A “Sports Hernia” is not a true hernia but a tear or strain....