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Rehabilitation and Return to Activity Following Sports Hernia Surgery

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Evaluation and treatment of groin pain in athletes is challenging. The anatomy is complex, multiple pathologies often coexist, different pathologies may cause similar symptoms, and many systems can refer pain to the groin. Many athletes with groin pain have tried prolonged rest and various treatment regiments, and have received differing opinions as to the cause of their pain (Schilders et al., Am J Sport Med 41, 603–607, 2013; Minnich et al., Am J Sport Med 6(29), 1341–1349, 2013). The rehabilitation specialist is often given a nonspecific referral of “groin pain” or “sports hernia.” The cause of the pain could be as simple as the effects of an adductor strain, which requires strengthening, or as complex as athletic pubalgia.

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  1. Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma, Lenox Hill Hospital, 130 East 77th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Timothy F. Tyler

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  1. Alfred R. Shands Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Head Orthopedic Team Physician, Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    David R. Diduch

  2. Team Surgeon, St. Louis Blues, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    L. Michael Brunt

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Tyler, T.F., Ellsworth, A. (2014). Rehabilitation and Return to Activity Following Sports Hernia Surgery. In: Diduch, D., Brunt, L. (eds) Sports Hernia and Athletic Pubalgia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7421-1_17

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