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Groin strain when full squatting
Thu, 08/03/2006 - 5:45pm — Jon D
I get a mild muscle strain feeling when squatting all the way down. As a result I have started easing off a bit and not going quite so deep (still way below parallel)
The feeling is like a muscle strain or something similar in between my hip and thigh connection, I get it at the bottom of a full squat.
I have long legs and am quite tall so im in quite a stretched position.
Its annoying as its the only problem I have squatting, my knees and back are fine.
Does anyone know how to make this better?
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Re: Groin strain when full squatting
The feeling is like a muscle strain or something similar in between my hip and thigh connection, I get it at the bottom of a full squat.
I have long legs and am quite tall so im in quite a stretched position.
Its annoying as its the only problem I have squatting, my knees and back are fine.
Does anyone know how to make this better?
May be flexibility or an adhesion, or it may be weak, and need some volume at a slightly lighter weight, before it can handle the weight that the other muscles can handle.
Groin strain when full squatting
I should also mention that I have been full squatting fine for about a year. The pain started after one particularly hard workout.
I havent always had this pain when full squatting.
Todd is a adhesion a tear? How do I fix it?
Groin strain when full squatting
I havent always had this pain when full squatting.
Todd is a adhesion a tear? How do I fix it?
No, adhesions can occur between two muscles, two heads of a muscle, a muscle a nerve, etc. When things are not operating optimally, you will get a degree of friction, wasted movement, uneven tension etc. that affects the way the muscluloskeletal system operates. Waste products, of metabolism at the cellular level, scar tissue, from microscopic tears in the muscle, etc. all can aid in the developement of adhesions. In time, these can cause problems. ART, can go in and manually release these adhesions, allowing the muscle or muscle group to function properly again.
Groin strain when full squatting
Do you get this same strain type feeling when you cough or valsalva? Another thing this could be is a hernia. A doc would have to history and physical on you to better clarify this.
There are two type of hernia, indirect and direct. Most surgeons don't treat this unless it is: a) bothersome enough to affect the quality of your life, b) you develop symptoms of strangulation of either bowel or omentum (don't ask, its stuff in your abdomen), c) it worsens so as to qualify as a) or b).
Anyways, if this does not go away after a month or so and is still problematic, go visit your friendly neighborhood doc.
Wook
Groin strain when full squatting
No i dont get any pain what so ever when I do anything else other then full squats. I can do heavy box squats, deadlifts, play basketball at full intensity, cough and valsalva are fine.
Im starting to think the problem is my left IT band. I never stretch or warmup that well so thats probably worsened things.
Same strain issue
I've had a minor pang occur occasionally when doing lunges - seems the stretch and weight will give a slight strain. Sometimes heavy squats will do it as well, and usually goes away within a week. Typically it feels like it's in the belly of the hamstring. The last "pang" I felt was at the top of the hamstring, right behind the hip bone. I had a fairly light load when I felt the strain, but it seems to have lingered for a few weeks. Any advice on proactively rehabbing it?
thanks
Tim
That muscle that you have
That muscle that you have strained is one that is rarely used except when the hip is in full flexion as it is in the full squat. It is common for it to get extremely sore, suffer a strain, etc. when someone first transitions to full squats. It's simply indicative that you have a weak link in the chain and it gave out. It's rarely serious, or significant after a couple days of active rest.
But so that I am teaching you to fish, and not simply giving it to you. What muscle is it, what is it responsible for, and why would it be important in the bottom portion of the squat?
Thanks for your reply.
Thanks for your reply.
I've trained at and competed in powerlifting in the past, though it's been a few years now. Doing full squats has not bothered my groins/thighs of late. I did irritate it doing lunges, not squats. There was no "pop" or sharp pain.
That said, I'm not sure that my adductors and adductors have ever been 100% up to snuff - it became pretty obvious a couple days ago when I went to do a bodyweight single leg squat (one leg held out straight in front) and there was a good deal of pain in left groin that the strain was still lingering. Also keeping the knee stable was difficult. The right knee was also sore in doing a weightless single leg squat.
So, to compete the fishing training as it were I think at the bottom of the squat the adductor is responsible for resisting inward rotation of each leg.
I've started doing some adductor and abductor stretches, and did some light stretching lunges.
This is exactly my problem
At the bottom of a full squat, I heard a pop and knew I was in trouble. I of course bailed out of the lift. Walking [but not running] is pain free, but any activation of the adductors triggers sharp pain high in the thigh close to the pelvis. It is not abdominal but focused close to the attachment point of the tendons - adductus brevius??? How much trouble am I in?
Enough trouble to go and see
Enough trouble to go and see a professional about it?
In the meantime, make sure you're applying ice regularly.
Hope it heals quickly and fully,
Nick