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Right side, lower abdominal pain, groin pain

’m a 35 y/o male, 178cm and 155 lbs. I’ve been experiencing right sided abdominal pain for about 6 months now. The pain is under my right ribs. The pain radiates to my right side back as well. I’ve practiced weight lifting, swimming and karate for years. I'm completely unsure what caused it. It started as very minor pain, more like pressure. I’m fairly athletic and exercise 3-4 days per week, or used to… I haven’t been able to since I’ve had this side pain. The odd thing about the pain is that over few weeks it has gotten a lot worse, rather than getting better and since then stayed almost at the same pain level. This pain has stayed with me every single day for the last 7 months. It gets worse when I sit down. It’s not a sharp stabbing pain, it’s more of a severe ache. It feels like a warm/burning/almost tingly sensation on my right side. The pain goes over to the right side of my back, above my hip bone just below my ribs. It’s like my whole right torso is affected! Sometimes I feel the pain in my right testicle, which feels swollen and painful at the bottom of the right sac. I have a hard time sitting at my desk for work. Also, driving long distances is very uncomfortable and painful now. It feels like someone is poking me right below my right ribcage and I feel a lot of pressure and a pulling sensation on the right side of my back at times. My right oblique muscles are felt very tight on examination. When sneezing I feel a strong tingling in my right side. Sleeping on my right side doesn’t bother it at all, and when I wake up in the morning, the pain is pretty much gone! But of course within the first 10-15 minutes I start walking around a little bit and sitting down to eat my breakfast, it starts. It progresses throughout the day. (I have a desk job, and of course sitting makes it worse….) I can no longer exercise, all I can do is walk, and even that aggravates it sometimes. Food doesn’t seem to make any difference. What I eat doesn’t bother it. Nobody can figure out what I have. I’ve had many different types of blood tests, I’ve had a CT scan of my right side abdomen, a colonoscopy, an ultrasound of my right side, MRIs on my abdomen and thoracic spine and everything has shown up normal. I’ve been checked for kidney stones, gall stones, kidney problems, liver problems, gallbladder problems, hernia but so far, everything is normal! I did go to physical therapy for a couple of weeks, but it did not help, it only caused me more pain. Same thing with a chiropractor. I have also tried acupuncture and injury massage therapy with no luck. I think it is an abdominal muscle tear - sports hernia (athletic pubalgia), inguinal hernia or something urological (epididymitis, varicocele, prostatis, etc). It looks like some of the nerves are affected, because of the tingling sensation, but the spinal MRI did not reveal anything. Do you have any idea what this can be and how can be treated? What other diagnostic tests should I have?

Please, help if you can.

Vlad
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Why couldn't I have come across this post 4yrs ago. You literally described every symptom and/or test performed along with every failed treatment...I feel like I have a doppelgänger experiencing the exact same thing. I didn't thoroughly read all of the treatments you had gone through but I can say at one point the pain had gotten so severe, which in hindsight I believe had been amplified psychologically due to the reoccuring failed attempts to diagnose, that I actually allowed them to remove my gallbladder. Obviously it didn't work, this has now been going on 5yrs and while some days are better than others, I still have problems sitting for extended periods of time and long trips driving are totally out of the question. I'm pretty sure it is definitely peripheral innevation that has been agitated within the abdominal wall somehow, and Im still trying to find a physician willing to perform a lidocaine and or nerve block to that region. Check out Abdominal Wall Entrapment and let me know if it sounds familiar. Hope you've found some relief in the meatime.
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It can not be a micro-tear of the muscle. That would recover within weeks. Several people here reported pain and other symptoms persisting for months or years, despite backing off from exercise and best efforts to heal.
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This thread is pretty old now, almost 8 years.
I wonder if any of the early posters have any news on what can someone expect with such a condition, which persists over several years.
Did the pain ever go away?
Was there anything that helped at all?
Was there at least a credible diagnosis of what is the cause?
Thanks a lot.
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Ok, first off, thank you all for sharing. This is 3 weeks in on this pain, while sorry for everyone, comforting it is common and feel like i can begin to avoid triggers, learn from your experience. Drop a line to say where you are at with this, at least know you are alive, that'l make us feel even better lol !

47, male, 5'8" 145. Active, first noticed it lifting, stressing my core. Right side, belly button region, extending into my right testicle. First radiation across rectus to left oblique, after playing basketball, now occasional and a few times even into left teste.

Sitting is a definite trigger, eventhough as several hAve noted it doesn't stRt to hurt til after. I can (still?) ride my bike, working at a bench is ok but bent in the ground no good. Walking is good

Trying an infused olive oil blend. Anything helping?

Additinally, i have been struggling with lower gi/elmination for 10 years. For a while it made me very depressed, but ultimately gave way. Do what you can and feel good about it, try to do as much as you can.

Best to those past and future for helping figure out what to do about this condition, hope to hear of some success...
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I am 20 years old male.my previous medical history is clear.it's been from 1month after excessive streching albs exercises along with weight lifting as a beginner I'm having pain along with burning sensations and pressure like contracted state in my right hypochondrium beginning from costal margins of lower ribs radiating laterally and posteriorly upto lateral margin of thoracolumbar spine while sitting oblique muscles become extremely contracted along with back pain that makes it unable to sit for longer time without any support in half lying position,while walking pain radiates backwards and I'm unable to hold my right side in standing or walking state,while lying straight there is pain along my lower ribs and pressure on right upper abdominal quadrant.sometimes pain occurs along right lower Quadrant just medial mcburny region by compressing right here the pain increases but there are no signs of appendicitis as been examined by the doctor infact rectus abdominus fibers seems damage.Apparently there are no signs of any hernia or hematoma infact all blood tests,urine,stole tests and even CT scan reports came negative just mild fatty liver(hepatomegally) along with hypoechoic area with slight edema below linea alba was seen in ultrasound with minor raised ALT levels.Sometimes I feel my right knee getting a bit heavy and a bit difficult to hold on the weight on it with slight pain sensations Along distal anterior and medial muscles compartment but the major problem is of pain in right hypochondrium upto lower ribs and severe pressure whenever I take left side the oblique muscles are like falling anteriorly along with severe contracture on lateral abdominal wall of right side.In the beginning along with pain there was tachycardia state.Amylase and lipase levels seems normal showing negative signs of pancreatitis.Renal functions tests seems normall but reduced LDH levels.NSaids induced gastritis pain as well.surgeons are concluding it as a result of tears along tendons and inflammation of muscles and avulsion along insertions of oblique muscles along lower ribs and I'm on complete bed rest along with light movement and getting trascutaneous electric nerve stimulation therapy(TENS) and therapy with ultrasound waves along with oral intake of light dose of NSaids with risek but the pain still persists.It only gets dull after I wake up from sleep.At nights I feel stretching along my right abdominal wall and pressure that makes it uneasy to sleep or even don't allow me to take a side.
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Hi every one. Not sure if this the right site for what I'm describing but reading everyone's comments I'm not sure what it is . Just over a yr ago I joined a gym as I wanted to get toned again. I'm a 52yr old woman and when I started to do the leg plate press it started to hurt on my right side so I stopped going as it hurt to exercise. After a few weeks it went . But every so often would come back . But the last three weeks when we started the extension breaking up about 14yds of old concrete I've had the most chronic back ache which is going down to my hip to the front of my lower stomach. I can't sit down for very long as it's painful and when I move its like I've over done some exercise and muscle pain but it's not from any exercise . It can be quite a bad ache on my lower right back then starts to ache at the front if I walk. Now I've noticed a slight greenish discharge (sorry men) I went for a ultrasound about two months ago came back clear then they decided to give me a ultrasound examination of my uterus they said was clear . On reading other sites it also sounds like I've cancer and it's frightening me whether I'm reading too much into Internet but wish I could read some women  having the same symptoms as me . It did start really bad after I removed the concrete I've been chiro but that didn't help and too expensive . I don't know why they send you for an ultra sound as it doesn't pick anything up . And to see a doc takes 2wks then if they send you for anything is another two months . I do wake up sometimes with a sweat on .im just hoping its a torn muscle anybody else had these symptoms . I've also got a pain in right front shoulder I can't lift my arm up . So fed up with all these aches and pains anybody help
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Hi every one. Not sure if this the right site for what I'm describing but reading everyone's comments I'm not sure what it is . Just over a yr ago I joined a gym as I wanted to get toned again. I'm a 52yr old woman and when I started to do the leg plate press it started to hurt on my right side so I stopped going as it hurt to exercise. After a few weeks it went . But every so often would come back . But the last three weeks when we started the extension breaking up about 14yds of old concrete I've had the most chronic back ache which is going down to my hip to the front of my lower stomach. I can't sit down for very long as it's painful and when I move its like I've over done some exercise and muscle pain but it's not from any exercise . It can be quite a bad ache on my lower right back then starts to ache a the front if I walk. Now I've noticed a slight greenish discharge (sorry men) I went for a ultrasound about two months ago came back clear then they decided to give me a ultrasound examination of my uterus they said was clear . On reading other sites it also sounds like I've cancer and it's frightening me whether I'm reading too much into Internet but wish I could read some women  having the same symptoms as me . It did start really bad after I removed the concrete I've been chiro but that didn't help and too expensive . I don't know why they send you for an ultra sound as it doesn't pick anything up . And to see a doc takes 2wks then if they send you for anything is another two months . I do wake up sometimes with a sweat on .im just hoping its a torn muscle anybody else had these symptoms . I've also got a pain in right front shoulder I can't lift my arm up for three weeks.  So fed up with all these aches and pains anybody help
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Sustained a fall, head over heel, from the top of the stairs of an apartment stairwell to the very bottom, during an intense ice-only storm that left impassable stair steps, which required my walking on the outside steel beams via the hand rails, that held/support the steps themselves. Had successfully made it to the top and slipped while approaching my door, and then tumbled the entire length. I've had a lumbar laminectomy and a subsequent re-do, which helped immensely. Next, I purchased a firm, latex, memory foam mattress and that helped until recently. Also, I sit at the computer all day and purchased a orthopedic-designed seat cushion; however, the butt pain remains and oftentimes intensifies. The problem is compounded by a somewhat mild scoliosis condition which doesn't help matters, I'm sure. And, I have been told and shown from MRI's that I have arthritis and I'm 63, 61 when I fell. So, to alleviate this butt pain and accompanying structural pain, is PT recommended and what type ? How would that help ?
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ive had testicle abdominal an groin pain for 14mo now....been off work....disability ran out...an im forced to go back to work in misery ....i was in a popular band.....worked a normal job,,,had sex several times a week....... all gone MRI..... CT...ULTRASOUNDS all show nothing.....my quality of life has diminished greatly......my right testicle has a swollen part right on top an runs down the side ...i feel tired no energy ....an doing all i can not to fall into a depression........im on pain killers i dont want to get hooked on......i cant sleep an feel anxious when i start to dwell on......all i can do now is have faith in god to heal me..because ive lost faith in doctors......seen this thread i dont feel so alone......god bless an thanx for listening to me vent...Marc .  
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*Urgent* Dull uncomfortable ache/pain in Right Testicle (slightly higher than left and feels somewhat strained) Pain is worse when exercise is induced, simultaneous pain in right testicle and right oblique/ab with exercise/twisting/lifting.
HELP!

Long read, apologise in advance for spelling, grammatical errors.

Hi, my name is Aaron, I am a 19 year old male with a slightly higher/strained/retracted right testicle which is very very uncomfortable. It has affected my life physically, emotionally mentally and tested relationships with people in my life, it is a very frustrating injury which has gone on too long for a 19 year old. I got this injury in 2010 when i was just 15 years old. I have been playing competitive sports since i was around 8-9, soccer bust mostly basketball. I played for state teams in basketball at a high level for about 4 years and was very fit and active. I could run freely with no pain at all. In highschool in the first half of 2010 I started playing AFL which is footy but involves a lot of kicking (i wasnt used to all the kicking and overloading the right side of my body's muscles) i only played a for a few months while playing state basketball. This injury came out of n where after a basketball game when i got home. I took off my ankle guards and pants ready to have a shower but as i twisted my body slightly to take of the ankle guards i immediately experienced sharp pains simultaneously in my right oblique-abs and right testicle. At that time i felt the testicle rise up slightly giving me a very unpleasant feeling and sensation (numb/dull/dead) i experience to this day. I got it checked out thinking i had cancer being the young lad i was at the time. Dr said i had epiditymitis on the right testicle and was given anti-inflammatory tablets for about 1-2 weeks. i had hot and cold bathes whilst taking the tablets thinking it was some sort of strain, thinking it would go away in a few days, boy was i wrong. its been over 4 years and i have seen over 10 specialists and doctors and it has definitely taken its toll on me, earlier this year 2014, i also saw another urologist who said everything seemed fine, there was no testicular torsion or kindey stone or hydrocele or anything wrong with the testicle anatomically and functionally. everything seemed okay, but it didnt make sense with the pain i am experiencing, it still felt numb, weird, and just uncomfortable as if its strained or soemthing (hard to explain) i felt like a dickhead when he said i was fine, as if i was some liar.. it was bascally another just another kick to the balls... over the 4 years i have had countless apointments with physios which only seemed to make the pain worse when i did their exercises. (this pain can be greater when exericise is induced) i physically can not run at all without the pain in my testicle and gut/oblique. but yea i have had many MRI's, xrays, ultrasounds and they didnt pick up much until this year when i went down to Sydney - Australia ( i live in townsville norht queensland AUS) to see DR john Garvey who is a general diagnostic surgeon of the groin, best in his field. he runs groinpainclinic.com for anyone interested, but yes i saw him and got more scans down there and they picked up on alot of musculoskeletal problems. i had a large tear in the conjoint tendon, 6 stiches were needed usually they put in 4, but the tear was that big, also i had deterioration in one of the tendons in my hip or soemthing which was pain i started experiencing early this year.  also somehting with the adductor and he took out the ilioiguinal nerve i believe. unfortunately my memory is foggy as i havent got a copy of the report. but yea i was issued to get a quadruple groin reconstruction. so i got that and its been a few weeks now, maybe 4-5 weeks now, and im still experiencing the same testicle pain i have had all these years which is very depressing. so i dont really know what to do at all... im only 19 and im studying sprt exercise science, trying to get into physiotherapy to learn about my injury but my knowledge is just too novice to treat soemthing not even the best doctors int he world cant figure out.. the only time i experience any relief is massage on my back, glute, oblique abs, right adductor, hammys and hip flexor stretches, i have very tight muscles from all the sport and kicking for AFL. however this relief is close to nothing, the only time i experienced full relief where my testicle literally drooped back down to its original position and relaxed was around 2011 where i had accupuncture on the right side of my body, oblique psoas trigger point areas, it was like a breath of fresh air and i felt a million bucks, for soem reason the accupuncture helped my uncomfortabe pain but only lasted till the car ride home. where it then shot up again and went back to the uncomfrtable position and since then i havent experienced that relief. i still see that accupuncturist from time to time but i havent had the same relief, i see him again this wednesday and hope to get ome needles in the oblique area which is tight. but yes these are all just theories, i think i have a tight deep muscle affecting a nerve (possibly one that innervates the scrotum /cremasteric muscle) thats why the needles worked cos they got deeper, i assume... but yes when i rub the inside of my right leg down to my knee my testicle retracts/jumps up and is just very sensitive as well. so yea thats about it, i cant do anything, its very frustrating and debilitating, was 85kgs at the time now i weigh 110kgs due to inactivity. but yea thankyou for taking hte time out to read this, i sound like a bit of a whinger/complainer but really im just a frustrated 19 year old who wants to play competitive sport again and fix this injury so i can focus on that and my career, but until then im going around in circles and its been very tough.. look forward to hearing from you guys, thanks so much :)
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Has there seriously been this many people with the same issue but not a single medical professional can figure out what's going on? C'mon, this is what you guys get paid for.. After all the research I've done on this infliction that even I have, not a single health professional can say what's going on. Guess I can either be depressed or ignore it or pop some pills or throw more money at the hospital..
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I'm right there with you. My life has completely stopped!!! I can't even ride in a car without being in excruciating pain!!! :(
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I'm not sure if it's comforting or worrying that I have discovered other people with similar issues, however, it's at least reassuring to know I'm not the only one. I started getting a 'Pressure' in my right side between ribs and hip. It seemed to start after what I though was a bad bout of stomach cramps. I had 3 occurances of 'bad bloating' over a 6 month period and realised that after these occurances, I had a certain amount of pressure on the right side. I also noticed a dull ache in my right testicle which comes and goes (lately I have noticed no pain in morning when I awake, eat breakfast and still ok, then go walk the dog and testicle ache begins, usually feeling a bit sentsitive too).
I have had the Blood Tests, Urine Tests and CT Scan and all clear. My Urologist said that the scans being clear was a good sign, however, that leaves me wondering what is causing the pressure and ache? He said that my diet was awful (nearly all processed foods, no fruit, vegatables about once a week etc) and that may be contributing to the stomach problems. I don't feel very confident that this is the problem, although i have been eating loads of fibre and fruit/Veg and not made any difference at all (only been a week though).
If nothing gets better in the next couple of weeks, I guess I will need to go back and start looking in to the possibility of hernias or specific stomach issues.
As one poster commented earlier, it does drag you down and make you feel more than a little depressed...
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I have the same problem.  It has been about a year now.  I have had every test know to man and I'm still have this minor pain on the right side just above my waist line.  I first noticed it when I took Cipro and another antibotic together a year ago and worked out a day later.  I'm almost a hundred percent sure I have a abdominal muscle tear (small sports herna) - I only feel it when I sit down.  Now that I'm less active I have gain a considerable about of stomach fat.  The pressure from my stomach fat causes the pain when I sit.  Also, I noticed when I lost the weight the pain almost completely went away.  I'm ready to take the pain shots.  It seems like this muscle tear or GI issue will never heal.  Thanks for sharing
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every morning when i wake up i have to do certain exercise to stop the pain in my right hip and my right foot go's to sleep alot...i have to be moving or im in pain....i hurt in my right gron area or how ever you spell that....my hip has been this way since 04 and my foot has always went to sleep but its worse now and its painful now...sometimes i cant handle been in a car very long without being in pain
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Hi Brian,

you describe similar symptoms to what I currently have as well. I have costochondritis as well as undiagnosed potentially trigger point caused oblique and psoas and illeacus pain.

Costochondritis might take up to a year to go away, it's been 5 months for me so far and I've noticed a drastic improvement, but its far from a full recovery. I suggest physiotherapy as it has helped me tremendously, in particular infra red and laser treatments and ultra sound treatment, as well as strengthening the muscles so less stress is placed on your chest.

Good luck,

Tyler
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Hi Acawaz,

I'm currently trying to decide with my GP whether or not to consider this injection. Is this a last resort if your chronic pain does not let up? How did you feel after, were there any side effects? And how long did the shot's effects last? How mobile are you now compared to before your shots, and did you also attempt physio before the injections???

Thanks,

Tyler
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Hi Vlad,

your symptoms and experience with doctors seem very similar to mine. My right and left side oblique pains started at around the same time as my costochondritis as well, the difference is that I had suffered repeated strains on my oblique muscles and physical trauma as well.

I was diagnosed with costochondritis and also a few trigger points near the psoas muscle as well as multiple sites of scar tissue on the obliques.

How is your pain now, have you found anything that works so far?

I have found physiotherapy to help with the deconditioning, as the pain got so bad for me I could no longer feed or dress myself for a few months and I lost 50 pounds from atrophy. It has been 3 months of physiotherapy so far, with 6 more minimum.

thanks,

Tyler
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I just stumbled upon your post and you describe my symptoms perfectly too. they started 2 mos. ago and the pressure is like a dull ache that starts on the left side and goes throughout the whole torso. I pulled my groin recently as well exercising which i believe is related and my testes are hard more often than not and have groin pain after exercise and the feeling like i have to urinate. .I've also noticed a change in bowels like there is some sort of obstruction and I don't think its related to stomach issues b/c I still eat whatever I want. I think it's a hernia of some sort b/c when I sleep it goes away, which I read is consistent w/a hernia. I also have lower back pain and tightness which is odd for me. I'm able to push through exercise but feel very fatigued.
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Read up on psoas pain and trigger point injections. I've had similar pain for years. Botox injections into the psoas muscles and an trigger point injections into my quadratus lumborum, rectus abdominus and obliques help considerably. Walking an hour a day to loosen up the psoas helps too!
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I started having pain and numbness on the upper right side of my stomach just under my ribcage probably 8-10 months ago, about that same time I was getting cramps in my hands and in all my muscles, spasm cramps but only periodically and never for any length of time, I used to be very healthy and exercised alot, ate well, kept active, but when I lost my job I turned to the two things I had left for enjoyment my computer and food, I gained weight 30-40 lbs stopped exercising, even walking, recently since I just got fed up with the pain I started drinking water (no caffeine) and taking multivitamins, the cramps in my muscles went away, but still have the pain in my upper stomach right side under the ribs, but it does not bother me at night, or when standing unless I have been sitting for a long period of time before hand, and it will go away when I press in on it, but comes back immediately when I take the pressure off it, sounds like a pulled muscle, but I am mostly inactive, I only sit and play on my computer all day, when I am not searching for work, and I even went and passed a pt test recently for the local prison, wondering if I am gonna have to wear a girdle or wrap a tight bandage around myself to get rid of this ?
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i had the same problem for a year started in november of 08 til november of 09 when i couldnt bear it no more, i was puking and could not stop due to the pain, 'dry heaves' for 24 hours sucked.  I was 43 at the time i went to the E.R.,. they said my gall bladder was the culprit so they did an emergency surgery to remove the gall bladder and rushed me to another hospital to remove a blockage from the bile duct going to my pancreas. My pancreas was nuecrotic, or dying, then they sent me home, . one week later i was back in the E.R. puking.  then they said it was my appendix so they did another emergency surgery to remove it. my appendix had holes leaking into my abdomin making me sick and very painful. that fixed it, ive not been sick since except for a kidney removal the following month because they said i had kidney cancer when they did all the test on me. so before it gets too bad have the gall bladder and pancreas looked at real good, and if one has to come out, make them do both in one surgery, you won't regret it. the gall bladder or appendix might not kill you, but if it is making your pancreas die, then you die. thats what they told me, i almost died twice.
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I guess it's good to know I'm not the only one.  I am a 55 year old female who is very active.  For over a year now I've had a pain in my right side right under my rib cage.  Sometimes it feels like it is extending into my front and my back.  It is definitely worse when I am standing for any length of time, to the point that I need to bend over or sit.  I am actually starting to lean to the right as I subconsciously try not to pull this area.  I don't know if it's muscle related but as someone else said, it feels deeper.  Right now I am sitting but it is aching big time.  Too much stretching or exercise today?  Not enough?  It's hard to know what to do.
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I am a 37 year old female. I was wt lifting and running 5-7 miles everyday until Oct when I injured something. I was doing hanging leg raises and just had that feeling I needed to stop. I didn't experience any pain or a snapping sensation at all. I continued with my workout. In the next few days I started to feel right sided abd pain, groin pain that followed my illiac crest into my lower back and kidney area. The following week the pain was so bad I was in the ER. They did an ultrasound and labs..found nothing, the following week I was in the doc's office and had a full ultrasound done of all of organs except my heart...came back clean. In the mean time I'm taking Darvon which did nothing for the discomfort. Nothing helped. I was then referred to sports medicine and they cleared me..had another hip/femur xray taken. Went back to the doc's office and got a CAT scan...again nothing. Had my newly put in copper IUD removed. Didn't help at all. So here we are in Jan and even though the discomfort and pain are somewhat better it still is occurs. Some days I can't feel it all. Other days it comes back in full swing but not as bad as that first and second week.  I've tried to work out and do light wt lifting but I am scared to death that I am really going to hurt something or make whatever it is worse.  The pain seems to wax and wanes, and I can never quite localize it.  Heat often makes it feel better. Since time has gone on I often have a muscle spasm type feeling in my right calf. I think I may have some nerve involvement now too. I feel like I'm going nuts. I'll mention the labrum tear to my DR. I have a feeling they are just going to through me into neurology and give me a spinal tap to check for MS or something though.  Please post what you find out.
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I came across this post a year ago, and have pretty identical symptoms. Shortly after a run I experienced pain around my left groin. Over time it spread to my right groin and up into my right abdomen. The pain subsided in my groin and stayed on in my right side lower abdomen. It was constant and worsened by activity and sitting down. It only seemed to be relieved by laying down--and sometimes not even then. Tests showed now internal organ damage or hernias. For over a year doctors (radiologists, physical  therapists, chiropractors, interal medicine, pain management specialists, etc) could find nothing and where treating me as if I was a liar (I was even sent to mental health for an evaluation) and the military was considering discharging me.
Eventually my groin pain returned and along with it a clicking in my left hip. I brought this to the attention of my doctor and was referred to orthopedics. There it was suspected that I might has a tear in the tissue surrounding my hip. An arthorgram (an MRI where dye is injected into the joint that reveals the presence of tissue tears) was done and a tear was confirmed. So, I have a tear in the labrum surrounding my left hip socket. As it was explained to me by a phsyical therapist, this tear causes my hip to "kick out" of its normal alignment a want to give out. The muscles surrounding it clamp down and brace themselves to hold me in alignment sometimes causing me stiffness and pain. But along my opposite side, in my core, my right side abdomen, this bracing down tight to hold me upright and this over exertion and always being tight causes the pain in my side.
Currently I am awaiting an appointment with a surgeon to discuss treatment. Apparently labral tears can go without symptoms for a considerable time. Also, as in my case, their syptoms often do not immediately give indication as to their source. The only way to confirm a labral tear is with an MRI.
I hope this information can be helpful to someone else experiencing similar pain. A
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