Will Smith Has Surgery

by asaint on Jan 25, 2009 2:36 AM CST

So according to my $40 a year ESPN Insider subscription that never tells me anything I care about until today, Will Smith had surgery to repair a sports hernia injury that "bothered him throughout 2008."

I had a hernia about a year and a half ago. It blew. After the surgery I couldn't physically stand up straight for like 3 days, and I didn't walk right for a week. It also sucked a lot before I had the surgery. I would LOVE to believe that this is one of the reasons he didn't give us any reason to nominate him for a "most production per dollar" award.

Does anyone know exactly what the difference between a "sports hernia" and a regular hernia is?

And for those who don't know what a regular lower abdominal hernia is (because I sure as hell didn't before I had mine)....it's when the abdominal muscle tears and leaves a space for your abdominal cavity to protrude through. They put a plastic piece of mesh over it and let the muscle grow into it. I still have to lift my leg up to sneeze or it hurts.

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unfortunately

I think Smith’s suckage had more to do with crappy D coaching and a donut overdose, but I hope to be proved wrong. If you recall, he wasn’t exactly playing great a year and a half ago either.

by SaintBevo on Jan 25, 2009 8:50 AM CST reply actions

is a sports hernia worse pain than a cracked rib? because in that bears game at the end of the ’07 season, pierre thomas had his huge game in soldier field with 2 cracked ribs.

i’d love to say “the team must see something in smith if they’re willing to pay him so much” but i don’t really trust this team that far. not after the last four decades of bad decisions. the most we can do is cross our fingers.

by NolaViaAustin on Jan 25, 2009 10:04 AM CST reply actions

Sports hernia

It’s not really a hernia, it’s just called that because the symptoms are similar. What it is, I believe, is a tear in the muscles that attach to the pubic bone—so it’s more a leg/hip injury than abdominal. I had a groin injury once that didn’t fully go away for a whole year (not playing football—it happened when I stood up from a chair!). If what I had was actually a sports hernia, you better believe it could be the reason Smith didn’t perform well. It’s a wonder he could walk.

Oh when the Saints...Start kicking ass...You don't want to be in that number...

by MtnExile on Jan 25, 2009 10:57 AM CST reply actions