46 | Groin Pain and Inner Thigh Strain Explained

Want to know how you can possibly decrease your groin pain or inner thigh strain today? Tune in as Dr. Jen and Dr. Dom explores different inner thigh injuries, what populations tend to obtain these injuries, and exercises you can start today to decrease your pain.  If you are an athlete of any kind, you have probably experienced one of these injuries and this podcast has the potential of increasing your performance while simultaneously decreasing your pain.  If athletics is not your thing, this podcast will empower you with exploration techniques you can use on your hips to avoid or reduce risk of injury, as well as increase mobility and functionality. Free Week of the Jen Health Membership: Looking for a movement community that gives you the plan specific to your body? Need accountability and a plan that is specific to your restrictions?! Come grab a free week of our Jen Health Membership! You'll have access to 12 plans that were all curated by Doc Jen, Dr of Physical Therapy. We make sure you get set up with the plan that will be best for your goals and the rest is laid out for you to follow! Come check it out today! You can even get a discount on your first month using code OPTIMAL at checkout! What You Will Learn in this PT Pearl: 02:11 – What adductors muscles are, what they do, and how they’re related to groin injury 05:23 – Types of bone injuries, or fractures, that can occur on the pelvis and recovery time 08:15 – What pubis symphysis and osteitis pubis are and the populations they’re common in 10:15 – What epiphyseal plates are and the population this injury effects 10:58 – Snapping hip syndrome and how to identify it 12:14 – How to explore your hips to identify where your hip injury is taking place 13:05 – What an inguinal hernia is and what it might entail 13:44 – Simplified explanation as to why you may be having an injury - Why exploration is important 14:44 – Why mobility of the hips, and any part of your body, is so important 15:27 – Mobility exercise for tight hip rotators 16:32 – Minimum requirement of hip adductor mobility 17:52 – How adductor activation can decrease pain - Exercises that help activate these muscles To Watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjtJa Items mentioned in this episode include: FREE Week of the Jen Health Membership FREE Low Back Pain Course! FREE Tight Hip Flexor Course! See full show notes here: https://jen.health/podcast/46