I have had pain/soreness in the area of my right testicle for approximately four months now. I had the same symptoms about a year ago and they went away after about two to three months.

I have seen a doctor twice (internal medicine) who has very thoroughly ruled out hernia and testicular cancer. His advice is that I have strained something and just have to rest it and wait for it to heal. It has been long enough that I want to see if I should be seeing a specialist or getting a second opinion, or if this is a typical injury and I just need to be less active until it heals.

If it were not for seeing him, all of the reading I have done would have made me guess that I had a minor hernia (albeit with no bulges).

At least three days a week I have had soreness which I can best localize as being along the base of my scrotum on the right side. Nothing that I would describe as actual pain, but occasionally sort of a pinching feeling. When particularly bad, my entire groin area becomes tender. Right testicle has the sensation of being slightly swollen, but it it not visibly so.

The problem typically seems to be exacerbated by excercise involving squatting or lifting motions. Squatting for any length of time is the only way I can reliably cause it. Sexual activity sometimes causes it to flare up, other times no effect. The area is sometimes sore for no apparent reason.

No problem when I sneeze while lying flat on back (which I understand has some significance re hernia).

Everything down there works just fine, it just gets sore.

I am very fit, early 30s, lean build.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Tj