Groin pain during running affects the upper part of inner thigh muscle. This usually involves the abductor muscle. It helps in flexing the hip. This is very vital for making your toes run and maintaining balance during the strides.
Causes of Groin Pain
Groin pain occurs due to excessive training. This also occurs due to the skipping and avoiding stretching, before and after the running session. Sudden injury that occurs due to slipping, while running on a slippery plane, also causes groin injury. Over pronation and improper supination, result in imbalance of the foot. This leads to tightening of the abductor muscles. This postural adjustment helps in balancing the foot, but at the same time results in groin injury.
Treatment for Groin Injury
Take rest. Cut back your running schedules, if it is possible, even halt your running for a week or so. During this intermittent period of rest do mild stretching exercises daily. Groin stretch and raising of inside leg are two of the most beneficial exercises that strengthen the abductor muscle.
Groin Stretch
Follow the following procedure:
- Sit, keep your feet together and straighten your back.
- Raise your head now.
- Now fold and push your elbows slowly on the inside of your knees.
- You should feel this stretching sensation in your thighs.
- Hold each stretch for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Repeat this for 6 to 8 times.
- These stretching exercises help your abductor muscles and groin a great deal.
Raising the Inside Leg
Follow the following procedure:
- Lie on the unaffected side.
- Tighten the thigh muscles of the affected side.
- Now slowly rise your leg above the floor.
- Hold your leg up for two counts and lower it at four.
- Relax for a while then tighten the thighs, start repeating the same sequence again.
- Do it for for 8 to 10 times.
You can also do heal-rise by following the same procedure. This will help in strengthening your ankles.
