by William Brown, MD | Aug 14, 2012 | Diagnoses, General Information, Sports Hernia Resources
The best single test to evaluate for athletic pubalgia is an MRI with the athletic pubalgia protocol. If your doctor is unfamiliar with the protocol, below is a link to an article discussing how to do the MRI and how to interpret the images. On page 9 the MRI settings...
by William Brown, MD | May 26, 2011 | General Information, Sports Hernia Resources
The Sport Hernia Rehab program for the Montreal Canadians is very similar to the one I advise, though more aggressive at the start: Days 1 & 2: Rest Days 2-7: Isometric exercises Abdominal crunches Straight leg raises Stationary bike Days 2-28: Stabilizing...
by William Brown, MD | May 26, 2011 | General Information, Sports Hernia Resources
Sports Hernia Prevention & Adductor Tendon Injury Prevention Of the injuries suffered by professional hockey players, injuries to the adductor tendons represent about 10% of the total. Hockey players with weak adductors have a much higher incidence of adductor...
by William Brown, MD | Mar 14, 2008 | General Information, Sports Hernia Questions
The groin injury that is called a “Sports Hernia” by many physicians is a real problem for athletes. But unfortunately, very few surgeons (especially in the US) understand the problem. This leads to many athletes receiving inadequate evaluations and treatments. I have...
by William Brown, MD | Mar 10, 2008 | General Information
Thanks for visiting my website and blog. I know you have a LOT of questions and I hope this will be a good medium for us to share our knowledge and experiences so that others might benefit from them as well. To your good health. Dr. William Brown,...
