I'm getting pretty fed up with my achy groin, so I am turning to the internet for self-diagnosis.
Truthfully though, I'm booking an appointment tomorrow to try and get to the bottom of this. As a fairly frequent lurker here, I know that we've got quite the cross-section of people here.
So a while back I started noticing that my groin was kind of sore after playing soccer. It went away and I didn't think much of it.
Then I started to get dull ache in my nuts. It wasn't painful, but it was a little annoying. But being in the netheregion, so to speak, I didn't want to take any chances. Went to the doctor, got an ultrasound, etc. and the boys got the clean bill of health. After a few weeks the nut ache subsided and hasn't returned.
Over the course of the past year, my groin has been very achy after playing sports. Sometimes it is so bad that it is difficult to walk the following day.
I have been to physiotherapy and it didn't do a whole lot. The therapist said that there was likely some scar tissue in the area and suggested massaging and then icing/anti-inflammatories to break down the scar tissue and allow it to rebuild properly. So now I regularly lay on my back and give myself a rubdown after a game, much to the delight of my teammates and passers by. Then pop a few advils. This definitely helps my mobility the next day, but it simply manages the problem.
I have also been experiencing lower back pain, hip pain, etc.
I skeptically booked myself a few active release massage appointments on the recommendation of a friend. The thought of another guy rubbing my groin for 60 minutes, 3 times a week isn't m,y idea of fun, but I was desperate. Surprisingly, he spent most of the time on my lower abdomen area, despite the fact that he knew that my groin, back, hips, etc. were bugging me. And amazingly, it gave me the most relief from my groin problems for a short period of time. But, of course, it all came back again.
It is at the point now where I have stopped playing soccer for the summer, and I probably won't play this winter either.
So that leads me to my question: have you ever had sports hernia? Does it sound anything like what I'm experiencing? What was your outcome? And finally, do you know of any sports hernia specialists in Calgary?
And, as I mentioned earlier, I'll be seeing a doctor again. I'm just curious to hear what others have experienced. I also fully expect this thread to generate some jokes about nut aches, groin massages, and happy endings. let's have it.