Hi, about 4 weeks ago I strained myself to the point of feeling something pop/tear followed by pain that was sharp/burning in my lower abdomen/groin. I took 1 day of work and went back the next day on painkillers. The painkillers wore of around lunch and the pain forced me to go home. 2 days later I went to the docters and he asked me questions and did the cough test. He said that I most likely broke the inner ring of the passage way that your testicle drops down through while you develop (weakest point for a man aparently). He said the air found the weakest point and broke through but only half way not a full hernia. He said 2 weeks and I should be ok.

I took 2 weeks off I was feeling better and I took a 3rd week off just to be safe. Now its been almost 4 weeks and I started getting pretty bad pain again after a days physical activity even with now heavy lifting. Later on I did a really thorough feel around my stomach and groin to find on my left side there is a hard bulge under my skin about the size of my ends of 2 fingers. I was told this just might be a gland but it is painful and is only on my left side where as my right there is nothing similar.

Should I go get an MRI straight away or wait a little or what?

thanks for the help in advance.