Sports Hernia Symptoms
9. Decrease in Performance
When you are in pain, it can be difficult for you to perform your regular activities, especially those that make your pain worse. Even if you are able to continue to participate in athletics at first, your performance will probably not be up to its usual level. As time goes on and the pain continues to get worse, you may have to give up playing your sport altogether. Eventually, even walking and other activities of daily living may become difficult, if not impossible, to perform due to the pain.
When you are experiencing pain in a particular part of the body, you tend to favor it, i.e., use it less and put less weight on it. When you do this, it means less activity for the affected muscles, which can atrophy and lose strength. Since sports hernias are often caused by an imbalance of muscle strength in the first place, this can make the problem worse and potentially put you at risk for future injuries. Physical therapy exercises to restore your strength can help resolve the current issue and decrease your future risk.
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