Sports Hernia Symptoms and Treatment
A sports hernia, medically known as athletic pubalgia, is a soft tissue injury resulting in the strain or tear of the muscles, tendons, or ligaments of the groin area in athletes. Sudden changes in direction, twisting, and other repetitive explosive movements during sports can lead to a sports hernia.1
A sports hernia is not a true hernia in the sense that there is no protrusion or "outpouching" of soft tissue. Groin pain is a common symptom of a sports hernia, but it is important to rule out other possible causes of groin pain, such as muscle injury, cartilage damage, nerve problems, or urologic conditions.2
