Hey everyone, I am feeling some soreness/discomfort after having football practice the past 2 days. We practice for 4 hours Saturdays and 4 hours Sundays. We are just doing a lot of conditioning (running, sit-ups, push ups etc.) right now, not much contact. I haven't been hit in the stomach or anything like that. Maybe I just over did it, but my port hurts to the touch, it feels kind of like a bruise. Has anyone had anything similar happen to them after exercising??

I have occasions where my port will hurt really bad. I have gone to my surgeon and to the ER before worried that I had really messed something up to find that everything was just perfect. The only explaination that I can offer you that seems to make the most sense is that when you were exercising you may have tweaked the muscle that your port is attached to. If the pain becomes unbearable you may want to have it looked at but most likely if you take it easy for a few days the pain should go away on its own.

I haven't been able to do crunches or any other kind of core workouts since my surgery (June 2010). If I go slow, I can manage to get through Pilates, but that's about it. Even after a good, hard run I have a little pain.

I have heard it is pretty normal, but I suggest talking to your doctor if it becomes unbearable.

Yep just back from my Pilates class and I'm a bit sore as I have been for the last 3 classes, I think it's just the muscle and the fact that I wouldn't use the muscle that often.

I felt a lot better a couple days after practice. We will see how this week goes. Thanks everyone for your help! :-)