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 Dimensional 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. These now can be treated with a Laparoscopic Surgical technique which is less invasive than the open surgery, can be done as a same day procedure, with return to full activity, even Lifting, in just days, and with a lower recurrence rate than open surgery. This should be done by someone who has experience, and has performed many of these surgeries. See the page on Laparoscopic Surgery. Unlike an abdominal wall hernia, this hernia occurs between the chest and the abdominal cavity.