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Groin injury
Does groin pain long to heal.. I am doing exercises like butterfly strech and adductor strecheching and adductors muscles area I have pain.. It has been 40 days I am struggling... Initially started with heat and then doing icing over affected aductor muscles. Please let me know as I am already in contact with physiotherapist bit I am in containment zone so cannot travel.. I already have taken muscle relaxant for 2 weeks and now I am also applying volini gel. Any other exercise please recommend.. I can search on YouTube to do that..
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As you mentioned your problem, it could be a Muscle pull, muscle spasm or muscle strain. It may be due to vigorous pull or bad posture while performing the exercise. Lack of warmup before exercise can also leads to musculoskeletal pain.
Btw icing is always done prior, you can opt to heating pack after few days of injury.
Next Steps
Take rest for atleast 4-5 days or a week.
Apply hot pack instead as it has been 40 days of your injury and now it becomes chronic.
If pain is unbearable then take painkillers for few days.
Compress your thighs with the help of elastic band.
Place a pillow in between your thighs while sleeping.
After resting days, when you feel okay then starts with normal Range of Motion exe of legs.
Always warmup before you exercise.
A good protein rich diet.
Good posture while performing any exercise.
Wear a good quality shoes with cushioning and support.
Remember *Stop exercising when you feel tightness or pain.
Strengthening of your thigh muscles as well as lower leg muscles.
*All should be done under supervision
Health Tips
Avoid jerky movements
Stop doing groin stretching
Avoid vigorous exercise
Dont jump or jogging until you feel okay
Consult a physiotherapist over call
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Groin pain can be due to different cause like, muscle pull, muscle strain, hip joint capsule impingement, and many more.. as u mentioned, if the pain started suddenly due to any jerk, high impact activities or injury , it must need rest for 2 to 3 week to heal or recover. Which need frequent ice application also. Then the rehab or stretch etc start.
Next Steps
consult Ortho/ sports medicine/ physiotherapy doctors for reassessment and recovery plan. examination of painful movement and position.
Health Tips
do not stretch your injured muscle if there is no tightness.
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Hello.. u have nicely explained your concern..
Considering your age it shouldn't take long to recover. There might be some other reason to it additionally.
Next Steps
u can consult us on EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT two one SEVEN one three ZERO for further physiotherapy solution. 1st consultation is free
Health Tips
dont ignore condition as per ur age. avoid lower leg and lower spine stretching exercises.
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Focus on your sitting habits where your legs are in too much adduction or near to the centre, like sitting crossed. The inherent tightness is due to sitting habits. And we end up doing activities where the adductors get stretched. Treating the pain is okay.
Next Steps
sit with legs spread out. sit less, do mild butterfly stretches but do them throughout the day.
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Its been 40 days so better get it checked usual muscle spasm would have gotten better with ice if not healed.
Do not stretch it...you might be increasing the problem
Next Steps
get it checked...it can have some underlying cause
Health Tips
only a medical professional can diagnose it exactly...do not diagnose yourself and google treat your symptoms..you might invite something bigger
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Yes adductor muscle spasm could be the reason of groin area pain, also iliopsoas muscles spasm can also cause pain to that area. Detailed assessment has to be done to guide you further, you can do video consultation for the same.
Next Steps
Apply ice after every 2 hrs to the painful area for 15 mints than gradually you can reduce the frequency as the pain subsides. Apply local ointment to the painful area as it also helps to subside your pain. Take nucoxia- mr twice in a day for 5 days once in the morning and other at night after food. Continue stretching the adductor muscles and add iliopsoas stretch and do it frequently. Do normal hip range of motion exercises till the pain allows to avoid stiffness.
Health Tips
Avoid undue stressing your leg and avoid panful positions.
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Groin pain could be from your hip, adductor muscle and low back.
As suggested earlier use ice on groin muscle, but there are specific tests to diagnose between these 3 areas. Its hard to explain in this but see if you could have an online consultation.
Next Steps
antiinflammatory and msl relaxant could be prescribed online on practo by GP's.
stretching the adductor could be stopped if there is burning pain.
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