so i had an appt with an osteopath who works in a neurology group. she used to practice prolotherapy in her own practice, but unfortunately insurance won't cover prolotherapy (of course not, right?) and she couldn't afford to keep her own practice. she no longer practices prolotherapy in the group she now works with.
i told her my story and she told me that she has a patient who is a physical therapist who has all the symptoms i described. she believes now that he has ap. he also was misdiagnosed with epididymitis then non-bacterial prostatitis. then eventually groin strain. then the next. years later he is still in pain. she actually listened to my story, unlike previous doctors, and was open to learning more about this injury since she was an authentic and good doctor. i didn't feel like a patient that was viewed as either a pain in the ass with a phantom, probably psychosomatic, injury- quite the contrary.
well, another doctor learns about the dreaded injury. 9 months ago, i had a young and athletic hernia specialist say he doesn't even believe ap exists and it's a crap story. perhaps we can all share the info with our doctors and hope they will listen and learn about the injury on their own time. if you want, email me and i can send you a copy of an article written by an expert ap surgeon. you can print it out to mail to doctors that told you that you have anything but ap since they have never heard of it.
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Hello, I was wondering if you could send me the medical report about what that doctor found out about the sports hernia that the medical community doesn't know about. My email is kleecster@yahoo.com
Sorry I forgot to add this in the previous message. I'm talking about the report I can print out. I'll talk to you later. Bye
hi matt
i have no copy per say on what she did. sportsman's groin bilateral. a 3" and a 2" lipoma removed. that's about it
Hi, I was hoping as well if you could send me the medical report about what that doctor found out about the spots hernia that the medical community doesn't know about. Thank You
jeana-
there are so many doctors that either don;t know about the injury or will not even acknowledge the injury's existance. the medical report only said:
diagnosis= sportsman's groin
hernioplasty was performed on each inguinal canal with a lipoma removed from each canal.
surgeries were performed in germany by dr ulrike muschaweck.
that's all i can offer to you.
she diagnosed the injury with her fingertip in two seconds. no mri was taken as my docs wouldn't approve of one and the insurance company would not approve of one either.
that seems to be the common theme here, which is why i started the blog. the more people understand the anatomy of that part of the body and symptoms of related injury to those areas, the better we are educated and thus can hopefully find a correct diagnosis.
knowledge is power. it is a horrible feeling to be in such pain with "i don't know" as the answer over and over again.
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