Football players, weight lifters, golfers, and baseball players all can have acute muscle strain and tears. However, if the pain becomes chronic, or a bulge appears this indicates a hernia. If left untreated, this bulge will become larger with exercise. The hernia should be repaired as early as possible. With the new method of laparoscopy and 3-Dimensioal VR, activities such as lifting and sports can be resumed in just a few days.
Many people say that a hernia can be cured by limiting activities and rest.
This may decrease symptoms, but the only cure is surgical repair. Unlike an abdominal wall hernia this hernia, occurs between the chest and the abdominal cavity. It is a portion of the stomach moving up into the chest. This happens because the lower esophageal valve or sphincter is distorted by the hiatus hernia. The more reflux, the more inflamed the valve and the more incompetent the valve.