Groin Pull (Groin strain) - Medtick
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Groin Pull (Groin strain)

What is it?

When muscles in your groin and thigh are stressed or tensed too forcefully or too suddenly causing them to get over-stretched or torn.

A groin strain is a tear to the muscle fibres of one or more of the adductor muscles. There are five groin (adductor) muscles:

  • Short adductors: pectineus, adductor brevis and adductor longus
  • Long adductors: (gracilis and adductor magnus)

There are three grades of groin strain:

  • Grade 1 is a minor tear where one feels discomfort but can walk without much pain. Mild pain.
  • Grade 2 is likely to result in more severe pain, bruising and swelling. Some tissue damage, mild to moderate strength loss
  • Grade 3 is a complete or almost complete rupture. Severe loss of strength and function. Severe pain.

Diagnosis test

Cause

  • Play sports that require a lot of running, jumping and changing direction.
  • Sustaining an injury is increased if a thorough warm-up has not been completed
  • Repetitive overuse of the groin muscles
  • Weak and tight adductor muscles
  • Previous injury
  • Lower back problems

Symptoms

  • Aching, painful muscles, muscle cramps/spasms/stiffness?
  • Intense pain in the back or side (or moving pain from back to side) or in groin area?
  • Pain in pelvis area and/or lower back?
  • Sudden sharp pain in the groin area, either in the belly of the muscle or higher up where the tendon attaches to the pelvic bone?
  • Pain and tenderness in the groin and the inside of the thigh?
  • Pain in groin when you bring your legs together?
  • Pain in groin when you raise your knee?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

This condition can be associated with:

General tips

  • Rest – stop the exercise or activities that caused the injury until you feel better
  • Ice – put an ice pack (you could use a bag of frozen peas wrapped in a tea towel) on the injury for up to 20 minutes every 2 to 3 hours
  • Compress – wrap a bandage around the injury to support it
  • Elevate – if possible, keep the injured area raised on a pillow when sitting or lying down

This condition may show similar symptoms to:

  • Osteitis pubis – inflammation (not infection) of the pubic symphysis, the joint of the two major pelvic bones at the front of the pelvis- pain over the front of the pelvis.
  • Osteomyelitis – (Osteomyelitis pubis – Inflammation and infection of the fibrocartilaginous pubic symphysis joint)

Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice

Detailed Information

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