Re: "sports hernia"

>> yeah, i know what it is, but why has the term itself popped up only very
>> recently? that's my question. the specifics of the injury are nothing
>> new
>> to sports.
>
> Oh, I wasn't imagining that I was educating you. That first sentence
> about insidious pain grabbed me, it was easy enough to paste that info
> in there, and I figured that maybe somebody would be interested enough
> to read it.
>
> The reason for the term? I'm sure you're way ahead of me on that, too,
> but my quite obvious guess is that it's a combination of sports
> medicine types categorizing it to fit their needs (both professional
> and selfish) and players (even subconsciously) preferring a
> qualification for a term to help separate themselves even more from the
> rest of us slobs.
>
> What do you think?

well, i suppose it's more accurate than "groin injury," but i'm sticking by
my guess, stupid as it may be, that broadcasters have been cautioned not to
say "groin."

--
John


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