Chiropractor on Groin Pain
Chiropractor Dr Maria Madge talks about groin pain, groin strain injuries and groin strain treatment.
Groin pain can be difficult to isolate as to what is causing the problem as lots of areas can refer pain into the groin.
If you have strained your groin this may be an overuse, overstretch type scenario during running or jumping type activities. This causes local inflammation and maybe a mild tear. The chiropractor would also check the pelvis, the hip, the groin and down as far as the knee to establish what it is that's gone wrong as groin injuries don't tend to occur in isolation. It might be referred from the SI joint, the hip or even the lower back.
Then they establish which muscle groups are tight. There may be the muscles on the inside, outside or in the buttock area. Once these are identified then a combination of stretching and massage will help those muscles. A chiropractor will also check if there is any misalignment or restriction in the joints surrounding the area and if you correct this then the muscles will tend to follow.
