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A sports hernia is a major pain, and it only gets worse.(NFL)

The Sporting News

| October 21, 2005 | Bradley, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2005 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Matt Birk no doubt is polite when he encounters fans who wonder why he's on injured reserve for the 2005 season because of lingering repercussions from his sports hernias. After all, they were up and around just a week after their hernias--note the absence of the word sports--were repaired.

"I want to ask them, 'What do you do for a living, sell insurance?' " Birk says, laughing.

Instead, the Vikings' Pro Bowl center smiles and heads back to rehab the torn left hip labrum on which he had surgery in the summer. He also is working on the right hip labrum, which was repaired in May. And on the sports hernias that plagued him last season and required three ...

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