<\/a>In sports hernia, the external (superficial) inguinal ring may be dilated without the protruding small bowel. In addition, some sports hernias are caused by tears in the tissue around the spermatic cord (aka external oblique aponeurosis)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports hernia has been increasingly described over the last 40 years and the successful diagnosis and treatment can be frustrating and elusive for both patient and physician. The hallmark symptom for sports hernia is groin pain, specifically reproducible point pain. The differential diagnosis is extensive and includes pelvic stress fractures, pelvic avulsion fractures, osteomyelitis, referred […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[3831,3830,3832,3833,3818,3819],"yoast_head":"\n
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