What's the difference between a sport's hernia and a regular one?

[Khadaji]

The Eagles QB is said to have a "sport's hernia." How is that different than a regular hernia?

[Shagnasty]

Here is information about a sports hernia.

A sports hernia, also known as athletic pubalgia, is a tear in the muscles of the lower abdomen. It causes pain in the lower abdomen or groin.

Men get athletic pubalgia more commonly than women.

[Exapno Mapcase]

While flipping channels today I came across some football announcers who were joking about this and wondering whether a sports hernia was any different from an accountant's hernia. You're not alone in thinking this was a strange way of putting it.

[Fromage A Trois]

When I had a hernia a few years ago, it was diagnosed as a sports hernia. When I asked why, the doctor just said that it was because I was young (20). Hernias in young people tend to be due to sports activities, hernias in middle aged people are generally just from wear and tear. Apparently.

[Crandolph]

Apparently a sports hernia makes you throw a football at Terrell Owens' feet.