Tips for Recovering from Groin Pain After Playing Football

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Me and my friends have regular football matches and we always make sure to warm up before playing. But yesterday, I just got into the field without a warm up and now I have severe pain in my groin making it very hard to even walk. Any tips that can help me recover from this injury quickly would be great.

Tip 1 - Use symptoms to determine your comeback timetable from groin strain

Published: 10 years, 8 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeff Cornish | permalink

Use symptoms (or the lack of symptoms) to determine your comeback timetable, not a certain number of days or weeks. Generally, speaking, Grade 1 symptoms usually disappear within a week; Grade 2 symptoms last 2-3 weeks; and Grade 3 symptoms can persist for 6-8 weeks or longer.

Don’t try to come back too soon. Absence of symptoms while performing normal daily activities is deceiving and different from the forces involved in training or competition.
No brisk walking, jogging, or running as long as you have moderate-to-severe pain.
Once the pain disappears, gradually increase the intensity, duration, and frequency of training.
Go through all the movements required in your sport without pain before returning to action.

Jim Brown

For further reading: http://www.coreperformance.com/knowledge/injury-pain/groin-strain.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Build your groin muscle

Published: 10 years, 8 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mehdi | permalink

I once had a similar problem. I hit the gym and tried the leg press exercise with my feet wide apart. This made a direct impact on my groin.

You are basically required to build the groin muscle to an extent that it can endure the injury for long.