This is a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. If you don’t have access to a good therapist, you can do a lot for yourself. Treating this area can be sensitive, but be courageous and be gentle and you can make a lot of progress in relieving […]
The following tips for treating groin pain are for therapists and medical professionals. As a patient you can use these tips as guidelines for choosing good practitioner. In treating groin pain, the easiest position I find for working is with the patient’s hip and knee flexed and supported by a pillow or half roll. When […]
The development of Trigger Points that refer pain to the groin, and dysfunction of the joints of the pelvis that cause pain locally, are often caused by structural asymmetries. These factors are often overlooked by the medical profession, so I always check a patient’s posture in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy office when there is […]
When groin pain doesn’t go away, it often helps to look at systemic factors that may be preventing your body from healing. These are some of the suggestions I give my patients at my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. A slightly underactive thyroid affects muscle metabolism. The test is to take your temperature before getting […]
These are the suggestions I give patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center to avoid aggravating groin pain. Avoid prolonged hip flexion: Muscles that are already tight can cramp up if they are left in a shortened position for too long. When you are sitting, get up often to lengthen the muscles and allow […]
This is a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. Treatments for Enrique had been productive. In the first six sessions his muscles had “freed up” and he was able to walk again without pain. It took until the 18th treatment to reach a breakthrough point when his […]
This is a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. Neuromuscular Therapy treatments take place in my Boston area clinic. At the 3rd session, Enrique said that he had been sore after the treatment, but then the muscles had “freed up.” At that moment he said he felt […]
This is a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning go back to Part 1, the case study of Enrique L. In the initial Neuromuscular Therapy evaluation at my Boston area clinic, after reviewing Enrique’s medical history, the history of his groin pain complaint and getting a description of his symptoms, I examined […]
This is part 4 of a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1, Adductor brevis and longus: Pain from the adductor longus and brevis goes deep into the groin above and below the crease of the thigh. Adductor magnus Trigger Points are deep in the groin and inner […]
This is part 4 of a series on groin pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1, Iliopsoas is the next most significant cause of groin pain both from localized pain in the muscle and from Trigger Point referrals deep in the inner thigh where it attaches and across the front of […]