Treatment
Groin Injury
Groin strains are common amongst athletes who compete in sports that involve repetitive twisting, turning, sprinting, and kicking. Strain injuries to the groin are among the most common groin injuries in adult male soccer players. Groin strain accounts for 11% to 16% of all soccer injuries. Groin strains are also known from other sports such as ice hockey, running, tennis, rugby, American football, basketball, and others.
Risk Factors
Research highlighted the history of the previous groin injury as one of the main risk factors. They mentioned the reduced relative hip adduction strength, and also reduced sport specific training.
In addition, the Core muscle weakness or delayed onset of transverse abdominal muscle recruitment may increase the risk of groin strain injury. However, there is no strong evidence to support an association for any of these risk factors and groin injury.
3 Grades of Injury
There is a well-established clinical grading system for muscle tears, which has 3 components:
- Grade 1: no loss of function or strength
- Grade 2: severe, with some weakness
- Grade 3: complete muscle tear and complete functional loss