Heat or Cold for Groin Injury?

spiriteagle99 wrote: »

Housebound2017 wrote: »

Chieflrg wrote: »

Ice if it is a full belly muscle tear imediately. Otherwise continue with training at a level you don't break form with some stretching afterwards. Rest, eat, repeat.

I can barely walk to get to loo from the bed let alone exercise, it's agony to weight bear but no pain when laid down. It's kind of under tummy just in crease where top of leg joins body. I'm on max dose of painkillers per day but can't take anything with Ibuprofen in. was going to just use one of those muscle rub creams but they all seem to say not to use if you've ever had an allergic reaction to Ibuprofen, even though they don't actually list it as an ingredient in the cream??? ..which seems really weird???

I hate to say it, but this sounds a lot like a pelvic stress fracture. Get to a doctor next week. It won't show on an x-ray, but an MRI might show it. My orthopedist was able to diagnose mine based on the fact that it didn't hurt when my leg wasn't weight bearing, but was agony when I was standing. I couldn't do the 'hop test' at all. If so, you'll need to do complete non-weight bearing for several months. Don't do PT without seeing a doctor, as you can make it much worse by stressing the bone. Some have to use crutches. I didn't, but I also extended the duration of my injury by not resting completely when told to do so. (I didn't think gentle walking was real exercise, until I couldn't do it without pain.) My orthopedist told me I could do stationary recumbent bike or pool running, but that was all. It can be a slow injury to heal, especially if not diagnosed from the start.