More severe groin strains can take longer. It is very important to let the strain heal fully and get the doctor's OK before going back to activities. People with groin strains who go back to activities too soon risk hurting the groin again. When the doctor says it's OK, people with a groin strain can do strengthening and stretching muscles through physical therapy PT or an at-home exercise program. Anyone who has a groin strain should wait until it's fully healed before going back to activities.
To help prevent a groin strain:. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size. What Is a Groin Strain? Certain health conditions and medicines weaken the immune system's ability to fight off infection and illness.
Some examples in adults are:. Urinary symptoms may include:. Based on your answers, you may need care right away. The problem is likely to get worse without medical care. Based on your answers, you may need care soon. The problem probably will not get better without medical care. Based on your answers, the problem may not improve without medical care.
Home treatment measures can help relieve pain, swelling, and bruising and promote healing after a groin injury. These home treatment measures also may be helpful for non-injury problems. But if you think you may have a more severe injury, use first aid measures while you arrange to be checked by your doctor. It may take 4 to 6 weeks or longer for a minor groin injury to heal.
Stretching and strengthening exercises will help you gradually return to your normal activities. Stretching exercises begin with range-of-motion exercises. These are controlled stretches that prevent stiffness and tendon shortening. Gently bend, straighten, and rotate your leg and hip.
If you have increasing pain, slow down or stop the exercises. You may do strengthening exercises with light weights, such as ankle weights, after the pain has decreased and your flexibility has improved. Non—weight-bearing activities, such as swimming or cycling, may be helpful depending on the seriousness of your injury.
A sports medicine health professional or trainer can advise you about fitness activities. Talk to your child's doctor before switching back and forth between doses of acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
When you switch between two medicines, there is a chance your child will get too much medicine. Home treatment measures may also be helpful for:. Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:.
The following tips may help you prevent a groin injury or other problems in the groin area. Steps to prevent a groin injury or strain may include the following:. You can take measures to reduce your risk of becoming infected with a sexually transmitted infection STI. You can also reduce the risk of transmitting an STI to your sex partner.
Know high-risk behaviours and the symptoms of STIs , and do not have sex with anyone who has these symptoms. Condom use may reduce the risk of becoming infected with an STI. Condoms must be put on before beginning any sexual contact. Use condoms with a new partner. Try the following things to prevent jock itch fungal infection of the skin in the groin or yeast infection cutaneous candidiasis :.
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment. You can help your doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions. If you have a rash, do not have sexual contact or activity until you are seen by your doctor.
This will reduce the risk of transmitting a possible infection to your sex partner. If you do have an STI, your sex partner or partners may need to be evaluated and treated also.
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Topic Overview You may have had a minor groin problem at one time or another. Groin injuries most commonly occur during: Sports or recreational activities, such as ice hockey, cross-country skiing, basketball, and soccer. Work-related activities. Work or projects around the home.
Car crashes. Groin injury An acute injury may occur from a direct blow, a stabbing injury, a fall, or from the leg being turned in an abnormal position. Overuse may cause: A hairline crack in a bone stress fracture. Osteitis pubis, which is a condition that causes chronic groin pain because of stress on the pubis symphysis.
Distance runners and soccer players are most likely to be affected. Hip problems. Avulsion fractures. This occurs when force causes a tendon or ligament to tear away from a bone and break off a piece of bone. It most commonly affects teenage athletes who are involved in jumping, kicking, sprinting, or hurdling sports. Other causes of groin problems Groin pain not caused by an injury to the groin may be coming from other parts of the body.
Rashes Rashes in the groin area have many causes , such as ringworm or yeast. Groin symptoms in children When a child develops groin pain, the pain may be caused by a problem with the upper part of the thigh bone head of the femur or the hip. Common causes of groin pain, knee pain referred pain from the hip , or limping include: Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
This condition affects the blood supply and proper placement of the head of the femur in the hip socket. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis. This condition occurs when the femur slips at the growth plate physis and does not fit in the hip socket correctly. Developmental dislocation of the hip DDH. This condition is caused by abnormal development of the hip joint. The femur may fit loosely into the hip socket subluxation or be completely out of the hip socket. Swelling inflammation of the lining of the joint space of the hip toxic synovitis.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. A groin strain is an injury or tear to any of the adductor muscles of the thigh. These are the muscles on the inner side of the thigh. Sudden movements usually trigger an acute groin strain, such as kicking, twisting to change direction while running, or jumping.
Athletes are most at risk for this injury. Symptoms of a groin strain can range from mild to severe, depending on the degree of the injury.
They can include:. It can also be caused by turning quickly while running, skating, or jumping. Movements that require your muscle to both lengthen and contract at the same time usually cause a groin strain.
This puts stress on your muscle and can lead it to overstretch or tear. To diagnose whether you have a groin strain, your doctor will first want to know how your injury happened and whether the circumstances indicate a groin strain.
Next, your doctor will do a physical examination. This could involve stretching your adductor muscles to determine if stretching is painful, as well as testing the range of motion of your leg. In addition to identifying the location of the strain, your doctor will evaluate how serious your injury is. There are three degrees of groin strains:. A grade 1 groin strain occurs when the muscle is overstretched or torn, damaging up to 5 percent of the muscle fibers.
You may be able to walk without pain, but running, jumping, kicking, or stretching may be painful. A grade 2 groin strain is a tear that damages a significant percentage of the muscle fibers. Inguinal hernias are more common in men, and are often associated with weightlifting.
Athletic pubalgia sports hernia. Sports hernia is a term that is commonly applied to many types of groin injury. However, both the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine have defined the term as applying only to tears occurring in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons of the lower abdomen where they meet the adductors, rather than just a simple strain of the adductor s themselves.
Unlike inguinal hernias, a sports hernia does not cause a visible bulge in the groin but rather pain in the lower abdominal area and hip adductor insertion. Hip labral tears. Hip joint pain from a tear in the cartilage or labrum is another common cause of groin pain in athletes. These injuries can either occur suddenly or gradually over time. Hip labral tears are commonly associated with subtle bone deformities known as femoroacetabular impingement FAI.
It is becoming a more commonly recognized source of groin pain that may require surgical intervention if unresponsive to conservative treatment. See Coping with Hip Labral Tears. Snapping hip syndrome. This term is applied to a number of different conditions that can cause a snapping sensation in the hip during movement. It often occurs when a muscle or tendon in the hip area is misaligned. While snapping hip syndrome can be more of an annoyance than a cause of severe groin pain, it can be a precursor to hip bursitis.
Physeal injuries. Also called growth plate injuries , physeal injuries can occur in younger athletes.
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