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

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