by William Brown, MD | Aug 14, 2018 | Diet & Excercise, Sports Hernia Surgery
What You Need to Know One of the causes of an inguinal hernia is weight gain, and a hernia can take months or years to develop. The tear in the abdominal wall can occur and grow larger as weight increases strain and pressure in the area. So, not only does weight gain...
by William Brown, MD | Jul 3, 2018 | Diet & Excercise, Inguinal Hernia, No Mesh Hernia Repair, Sports Hernia Rehabilitation, Sports Hernia Surgery
How to Avoid Chronic Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery Pain directly after an operation is called acute pain. It is related to the operation itself and resolves as you heal from the operation. Chronic pain is pain that persists even after everything is healed....
by William Brown, MD | Apr 14, 2018 | Diet & Excercise, No Mesh Hernia Repair
The healthier you are prior to having non-mesh hernia repair, the better and quicker your recovery will go. After dealing with the pain and inconvenience of living with a hernia, no matter how long or short a time, you’re looking forward to getting back into your...
by William Brown, MD | Feb 24, 2018 | Diet & Excercise, Inguinal Hernia, Sports Hernia Prevention
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure While Dr. William Brown can repair hernias, he’d prefer people do what they can to prevent them. Often, unless you’re avoiding a hernia from recurring, you don’t think much about what you can do to prevent an inguinal...
by William Brown, MD | Sep 10, 2017 | Diet & Excercise, Sports Hernia Prevention
Best Stretches for Sports Hernia Prevention What exactly is a sports hernia? It’s a difficult-to-diagnose injury that is caused by repetitive movements that many sports—such as tennis, running, basketball, dancing, wrestling, football, hockey, and soccer—involve. Not...
by William Brown, MD | Aug 21, 2017 | Diagnoses, Diet & Excercise, Sports Hernia Prevention
Sports Hernias Past 50 Although Sports Hernias are mostly associated with athletes in their prime (ages 24-40), this painful condition can occur in teenagers and those over the age of 50. Theses injuries do not discriminate based on age. While the main cause of...
