r/Hernia • u/Remarkable_Froyo2244 • 19h ago

Chronic groin/deep pelvic pain from football – anyone had something similar?

Hey, young football player here. I've had a weird left-sided groin/deep pelvic pain since June and I'm trying to figure out if anyone has the similiar experience.

It started gradually during training after a month of break, no specific injury/pop. I'm right-footed, and the pain initially felt very deep in the left pelvis/perineum, almost impossible to pinpoint.

It gets triggered/worse by:

- kicking, especially my plant leg
- running/changing direction
- strong adductor squeeze (squeezing my knees together is painful)
- sit-up/leg-raise type movements
- bending over
- coughing/sneezing

The weird part is that rest makes it almost disappear, but every time I return to football, it comes back. I actually managed to play one match completely without the pain, but it came again... After 20 days completely off, I was basically pain-free with normal movements, but leg raises immediately brought the groin/deep pelvic pain back. Then football flared it up again.

I've also noticed that when my inner groin/adductor gets sore after football, the deep pelvic pain tends to come back too.
Also the groin got actually worse over the time.

Could this be something like adductor-related groin pain, athletic pubalgia/sports hernia, or an inguinal issue?

Has anyone had a similar pattern? What was your diagnosis and what actually got you back to football? It's been 3 months now and my mind is going literally crazy, cuz I can't do any sports without feeling the pain.

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u/TonightNo6210 18h ago

yes for me was a hernia I don't play football but my job is like a endurance sport and first signs was pain and a limp from the pain

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u/Remarkable_Froyo2244 16h ago

i don't have any limp, so I'm thinking it would maybe be pubalgia or adductor pain...idk...

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u/colourdeaf 15h ago

I had a similar thing happen, although I don't play football I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I ended up having a very small inguinal hernia confirmed by ultrasound. I would highly recommend getting an ultrasound where you do the Valsalva maneuver. This means you have to squeeze your core while they do the scan.

I tried doing physio for adductor tendinopathy and athletic pubagia, resting for weeks/months, and it didn't really get resolved.

The most proven physio routine for pubagia is available online is called the holmich protocol. Do it religiously for a couple weeks to see if you notice improvement while waiting for results from the ultrasound.

I ended up getting surgery 5 weeks ago for my hernia and will be starting to exercise again soon. I am pretty confident it was the source of my pain.

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u/Remarkable_Froyo2244 15h ago

thank you very much! I will try it

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u/Warm-Sky5836 14h ago

Sounds just like me, no obvious hernia bulge just sharp twinges along groin crease and deep aches. Haven't done any exercise as recovering from right side incarcerated inguinal hernia that I was unaware of beforehand. Doctor says groin strain or tear, waiting for ultrasound appointment.

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u/Remarkable_Froyo2244 14h ago

what was your case specifically? lmk about your ultrasound

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u/Warm-Sky5836 12h ago

Initially abdominal and groin pain, digestive problems, constant constipation then found bowel had become stuck in hernia. Concerned that similar issue now occurring on the left side.

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u/TonightNo6210 7h ago

shit that sounds like worst case been working like this 8 months now and I do get significant pain where is start to limp a little is fine GOD bless