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I have an inaugural hernia, is it safe to carry on running?
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Is it painful or inflammed? If so I wouldn't. What you have to be careful of is it strangulating. Check with your GP first.
Thanks, it just uncomfortable most if the time
I would still check with your GP first.
Hi, 14646KevinS. Always, with any medical condition, you should get advice specific to you for your hernia. (I think your spellchecker or predictive text has done its thing, and what you have is an inguinal hernia). Generally speaking, exercise which doesn't exacerbate your symptoms is generally encouraged, as exercising is good for weight control, and keeping weight off is a really good idea with a hernia. But don't do anything that hurts, strains, or makes it worse, and don't do any at all until you have checked with a practising medical professional who knows your particular case.
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Great reply thank you for the advice
I too had a inguinal hernia and the others have given you good advice, however, I would add to get it repaired. I put it off until my threaten to strangulate. I am female and my surgeon said I had one of the larger hernias he had dealt with. I am a whole new person....no more nagging ache in the pelvic area.
Wishing you only the very best!
Panz 🙏💕☘️
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I had one too Panz and I had mine operated on (I'm female too). I'd had mine for several years - my GP said "how on earth did you get that, what have you been up to", I got it through lifting things that were really too heavy for me. I didn't have a choice in the end as I could feel it coming out all the time and I was having to push it back in which was quite unpleasant.
My story is much like yours...I had two jobs where I lifted much more then I should have. I worked 30 years in a greenhouse warehouse and 10 years in a bakery warehouse. I actually acquired it while pregnant with our first child. I had two more children and worked 40 years with that hernia with it just getting bigger. I finally retired and had it repaired....it got to the point I would have issues getting it to get back into place and that scared me!
Panz 🙏💕☘️
Goodness, you did have yours for a long time. I think I had mine a year or so short of thirty years and yes, it is a scary thing to have to do and very unpleasant. x
Hello 14646 KevinS, I have had two hernias repaired but each was different. The first one I had for 10 years before repair with no trouble , carried on an active life & no problem after. The second one was very painful had to keep having it reduced so had to have a quicker op and try to loose weight prior to op. each hernia and individual is different, but if possible try to keep active I would say, gets you through the op easier.
Thank you
An inaugural hernia seems more like a religious one? Please excuse my joking..... I think you mean an inguinal hernia which is in the groin same as I had quite some years ago. It depends how bad the hernia is I think? Running with a bad hernia may prove very bad and the intestine may come through the split in the retaining muscle.
My last hernia was repaired in the latest style and I did not feel any discomfort at all. The cut was sealed with superglue type adhesive= marvellous.
I used to lift heavy weights most of the time and so went in for the repairs as soon as I could get them done.
Apparently the lady surgeon who developed the suture method had footballers back playing in a very few weeks after that type of 'op'. I believe there has been a lot of research put into what the best method of repair is so if you get a good surgeon as I had for my last one you'll be back to normal in no time and so you can then run as much as you like after the repair!
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