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To timbo13 and ericmackcarter:

Both of you seem to have symptoms that get worse with certain activities and then improve when those activities are stopped. This suggests that changing your...

The symptoms described might be the beginnings of a hernia. Let's be specific: I am talking about an ache or pain to the right or left of, and slightly below the upper edge of, the pubic bone. This...

I gather you don't have any bulge. My concern, though, is that your condition could easily turn into a traditional hernia. That is why your doctor is recommending something as dramatic as surgery. ...

No, cortisone is no answer. You have an evolving injury: one that could get worse. Search under "groin pain" for my earlier post on this.

I had one and I got it to go away by massaging and avoiding certain grips where you pull in the direction of the back of your hand (no more upright rows or pull-ups with palm facing away from you).

A pulled muscle is strong everywhere except at the location of the pull. If you try to stretch this muscle without first rehabilitating it, it will always overstretch at the location of the pull. ...

Groin pain, and especially a bulge, might indicate a hernia waiting to happen. I am not a doctor, and I cannot give medical advice, but I know this because it happened to me.

My symptoms started...

The symptoms described previously in this forum thread indicate, most likely, a hernia waiting to happen. I am not a doctor, and I cannot give medical advice, but I know this because it happened to...

The symptoms described previously in this forum thread indicate, most likely, a hernia waiting to happen. I am not a doctor, and I cannot give medical advice, but I know this because it happened to...