Grant Hill, the most injured basketball player to ever play in the NBA, has a sports hernia. Grant will be out of the game for three to six weeks. But don’t worry about Grant. He explained:
I am as upbeat as I’ve ever been going into a surgery — and I’ve gone into a lot of surgeries.
Yes you have, Grant! But this time it’s a sports hernia, which isn’t the same as a broken bone.
What is a sports hernia? There are differing opinions onĀ what makes a sports hernia different from other types of hernias. The best definition of a sports hernia is a tear in the muscles of the lower abdomen. This tear can lead to the muscle pulling away from the bones.