A groin pull is an injury to the muscles of the inner thigh. The groin muscles, called the adductor muscle group, consists of six muscles that span the distance from the inner pelvis to the inner part of the femur (thigh bone). These muscles pull the legs together, and help with other movements of the hip-joint. The adductor muscles are important to many types of athletes including sprinters, swimmers, soccer players, and football players.
A groin pull is an injury to the adductor muscles called a muscle strain. When a muscle is strained, the muscle is stretched too far. Less severe strains pull the muscle beyond their normal excursion. More severe strains tear the muscle fibers, and can even cause a complete tear of the muscle. Most commonly,
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Groin pulls are usually graded as follows:
Grade I Groin Strain: Mild discomfort, often no disability. Usually does not limit
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This is rarely needed, even in patients with Grade III groin strain injuries, as these patients can usually undergo successful non-operative treatment.
If you are unsure if you have a groin pull or the symptoms do not quickly resolve, then you should be seen by your doctor. As described above, other conditions can be confused with a groin pull, and these should be considered if your symptoms do not resolve.
Treatment of a Groin Strain
Once a strain is diagnosed, you can begin treatment for your groin pull. Most often, treatment can be accomplished with some simple steps. These include rest, stretching, and some oral medications. Rarely is more invasive treatment necessary. Doing the appropriate treatment can help to ensure healing progresses as quickly as possible. However, it is important to allow your body the time it needs to complete the healing process. Without doing so, an athlete may risk re-injury and beginning the healing process over right back at square
The hamstrings action is knee flexion and hip extension, its origin is at the ischial tuberosity, its insertion is at the posterior aspect of the medial condyle of the tibia, and it is innervated by the sciatic nerve. To strengthen and stretch these two muscles, I would recommend that he lie flat on his back and put a resistance band at the arch of his foot. He should bring his knee to his chest, and then try to extend the leg against resistance. This will strengthen his quadriceps and hamstrings but the resistance band will also keep his knee from hyperextending from side to side. The gracilis’ action is adduction and internal knee rotation, its origin is at the pubic ramus, its insertion is at the medial surface of the tibia below the condyle, and its innervated by the femoral nerve and the obturator nerve.
General description of the injury: This injury is the stretching of ulnar nerve that runs through cubital tunnel, which is is the largest unprotected nerve on the body. The nerve can tear when the ulnar nerve is compressed. It is between the medial epicondyle and olecranon, and runs along the ulnar bone. For the muscles, the cubital tunnel is adjacent to to triceps and continues down the forearm between the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament The ACL is a ligament in the outer leg next to the knee. Most anterior cruciate ligament tears require surgery, unless the orthopedic surgeon says otherwise. An ACL tear is the most common injury and in the knee. These injuries are happening more frequently in teenagers now. The ACL can be strengthened to help prevent it from tearing.
While some believe that nonsurgical treatment is the best option, It is the best option to undergo surgery to repair the ligament to be as close as it was before the tear. Ultimately, surgery is the best option for nearly everyone because it allows a cleaner and healthier recovery. Being an athlete this would be the best choice because it allows the ligament to heal faster and better. The stability is gained back to how it was before the injury by adding a ligament from another place in the body or from someone else 's. Without surgery, your knee will likely acquire arthritis and have stability issues in the knee when trying to pivot, cut or twist. That will most likely happen because the ligament won 't have the care to repair itself back together
These tears make it difficult for individuals to do overhead activities, to lift objects, and to even reach for objects. They cause pain, stiffness, and weakness in the shoulder. The three most common mechanisms of rotator cuff tears occur from damage involving heavy lifting, a fall on the shoulder/arm, or progressive wear. Rotator cuff tears are most
When performing a knee curl you stand with your body weight supported against a wall or chair on one foot. Begin with the top of the other foot about 1 foot behind the supporting leg and slowly bring up the heel toward the buttocks with a weight around the ankle, pause and slowly return to the starting position. -The exercise I selected that stretches the hamstrings is called the standing hamstring stretch. This stretch requires you to stand on one leg with the other leg lifted to the front while the ankle is supported on a barre or chair. While maintaining a straight knee, lean the torso over the out stretched leg until a moderate stretch is felt along the back of the knee or back of the
A common spot for injuries is with the shoulder joint that is involving the rotator cuff. A rotator cuff tear is common injury that can occur either over time of overuse, lifting objects, breaking the clavicle bone, also known at the collarbone or even falling are acute injuries that can cause a rotator cuff tear. This type of injury mostly affects athletes, jobs with repetitive motion such as lifting and people who are 40 years of age and older. Depending on the severity of the rotator cuff treatments can vary as well. The tear may be a partial tear or a complete tear of the rotator cuff tendon called supraspinatus tendon.
Runners knee seems to be the most common injury to a runner and also to most any sport that involves running, so this can happen to the football player also. What is runners knee? " Also known as patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). Runners knee is pain under and just a little above or below the knee. The causes for this condition very from overuse, injury, excess weight, a kneecap that is not properly aligned," LeBauer, A. (n.d.)
Aids in the recovery and rehabilitation of pulled groin, quad or hamstring, hip flexor injury, hip bursitis, labral tear, sciatic nerve pain, SI joint pain, and other injuries that cause pain and discomfort in the groin area. Regular use may prevent re-injury. Versatile Adjustable Design:Versatile brace design can be worn by men or women on either the left or right leg. The groin wrap is adjustable to fit waists up to 48” in circumference and thighs up to 28” in circumference. Nonslip Breathable NeopreneLightweight and breathable, the neoprene wrap is securely
Knowing how to use correct form during workouts is key to building or toning muscles. A weightlifting injury could possibly make a person want to stop lifting due to how severe the injury is. In an article by the National Federation of Professional Trainers, it says, “One of the most important reasons to maintain proper form during weight lifting exercises is to prevent injury. When we lift a lot of heavy weights, this can cause the body to become misaligned that can place your tendons, muscles, and joints in positions that can potentially cause strains or tears. Rule of thumb here is to lower weight.
The hamstring is a valuable muscle and can be sprained by running to hard without the proper equipment and stretching. When the weather gets cooler, the hamstring along with our muscles become more vulnerable to become sprained or injured (Fink 2). Although the hamstring is one of the most strongest muscles of the body, it is very easily and commonly sprained because of over working it or improper warming up procedure (Henderson 3). The hamstring takes a verity of times depending on how serious is the sprain (4).
This is so that the hamstring will gain back flexibility and elasticity while healing as well as strength. Exercises to help stretch the muscle at the beginning of the treatment may include the straight leg hamstring stretch. This should be felt in the back of the leg but it shouldn’t be painful. The aim of this stretch is to get a little elasticity to the healing tissue. The stretch should be repeated twice a day in 3 sets of 10 seconds.
Some of the most common injuries you can get are Ankle sprain, Groin pull, and Hamstring strain. For all of those injuries you need to exercise them after or that part of your body isn’t going to be as strong as everything else. If its not as strong as everything else then you won’t perform at your best. An article written by the National Sports Medicine Institute said that you should “At least 48 hours of rest for the injured area. Apply ice packs to the affected area for period of between 10 and 30 minutes.
Athlete was doing intense short sprints, when suddenly he felt his hamstring give out and was forced to stop. Athlete said his hamstring felt tight prior to engaging in sprints, but he thought he could push through it. Athlete has previously pulled same hamstring. This is a fairly common injury in sports that run athletes hard such as track.
Shoulder impingements can arise as a result of the repetitive use of the shoulders or when you fall. Like the name suggests, a rotator cuff tear arises when a tendon or a rotator cuff muscle actually tears. These tears can either be a minor one or very sever, depending on the affected tissue and the thickness and depth of the tear. Just like shoulder impingements, tears are caused by the wearing down of the muscles of rotator cuffs overtime, or by acute traumas.