by William Brown, MD | Nov 15, 2018 | Sports Hernia - Basketball, Sports Hernia - Football, Sports Hernia - Hockey, Sports Hernia - Soccer
Sports Hernias Are Often Misdiagnosed Did you know that there’s a type of hernia that is specific to athletes and active people? Athletic pubalgia, more commonly known as a sports hernia, can be caused by the repetitive turning, twisting, and fast movements that come...
by William Brown, MD | Jun 19, 2017 | Articles by Others, Sports Hernia - Hockey
Dr. Brown was recently interviewed by AP journalist Stephen Whyno on the long term effects a sports hernia can have on a professional hockey player. Read the full story here.
by William Brown, MD | Mar 23, 2016 | Sports Hernia - Hockey, Sports Hernia Prevention
Taking a bruising, battering, and beating – hockey is a rough sport. Players are constantly running into walls, and one another on purpose and on accident. Hockey players get used to injuries. Over the course of a season, it’s not uncommon to see broken bones, sprains...
by William Brown, MD | Feb 29, 2016 | Diet & Excercise, Sports Hernia - Hockey, Sports Hernia Prevention
Slacking on Your New Year’s Fitness & Exercise Resolutions? Don’t.January has come and gone! You made your promises to get to the gym, to go on walks, to take the stairs. But now it’s March and you’re starting to slack in your resolve. It might be okay to skip...
by William Brown, MD | Oct 23, 2015 | General Information, Sports Hernia - Hockey
With hockey season fast approaching, pros and beer leaguers alike are preparing to do battle between the boards. Along with the inevitable bumps and bruises come another common, painful injury that’s prevalent among hockey players – the sports hernia or inguinal...
