Sports Hernia Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
10. Tearing on MRI
A sports hernia affects the soft tissues in your groin. In addition to muscles, these can include tendons and ligaments. Stress on these structures can cause tearing that may be evident on MRI. Even if there is no frank tearing present, there may be evidence of other types of damage that shows up on MRI.
In the past, it was thought that MRI and other imaging techniques were of little value in diagnosing sports hernias.
However, over time radiologists have studied MRIs of patients with sports hernias and found that they display certain characteristic findings. As a result, an MRI is now the most common test used for diagnosing sports hernias because it is the most effective.
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