I recently started rollerblading again (about 13km 3 times a week) and my groin has been slightly aggravated on the off days. Then I played in an ice hockey game for the first time in probably 20 years (a week ago) and now my groin is sore again. It's not overly painful, but definitely would be a factor in skating. I tried blading today for the first time since last week and I felt the pain uphills and especially when I dragged my skate to stop.
So my dilemma is whether to join this hockey league or not. Is this going to happen every time I play and get worse? I don't really want to shell out $800 then miss tons of games. I've tried heating it and icing it, but it's still tender and this wasn't even a bad strain. I like to skate hard when I play but I just don't see it happening if it stays like this.
Do you have this problem? Any exercises or remedies to counter it?
is it for sure your groin? i though i pulled my groin when in fact i had aggregated a hip flexor (the perks of playing goal for a bunch of doctors... free diagnosis!!)
a lot of pregame stretching is HUGE!!
there are also a lot of exercises you can do to help strengthen those particular muscles ... just google them
i found the best thing for my hip flexor was to reduce the amount of games i was playing.... i guess 5 nights/week isn't the best recipe for a quick and speedy recovery!!
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I have had some pretty bad groin injuries. One stretch that I like to do is to hold a rope in both hands, with the middle of the rope under one of my feet. I make my leg straight and use the rope to pull my leg towards my head (keeping it straight). Breath deeply as you do this. There are assorted core exercises you can do along with other stretches. Groins take a lot of time, mine has never fully recovered, but I can run with confidence. At one point I did nothing for a year just to heal up, then six months of conditioning.
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If you played ice hockey for the first time in 20 years last week lol, you may just want to rest it and do light stretching for 3 weeks. Tendon damage takes time to heal, that's pretty much all you can do. Just don't try to aggravate it during the 3 weeks.
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If you think it's just tight muscles from pushing your body through a new workout, I find hot yoga is a great way of loosening up. Great for general flexibility to.
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Do yourself a favour and invest in a pair of Coreshorts Pro. Under Armour bought the company that made them a year or so ago, and a lot of NHLers use them including Nash. They do wonders for your junk, namely keeping that whole area tight thus preventing injuries.
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Plus one for the core shorts. Make sure to get the pro ones that were mentioned.
I have had a bad groin for about 6 or 7 years that finally gave way last year and required surgery. I have worn the core shorts for the last 3 years and they made a huge difference. Before them i always seemed to struggle for a few days after hockey. with them I had no issues.
Stretching is also very big and should be done regardless of an injury. I found my hip started to give me problems the worse the groin got and focus a lot attention on the outside part of the hip and the hip flexor.
Rest might be the best solution for now. Give it time to get the swelling down and heal. Lots of ice and heat.
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If you think it's just tight muscles from pushing your body through a new workout, I find hot yoga is a great way of loosening up. Great for general flexibility to.
Aaaaand the girls are hot.
Will second this. I've never done the hot yoga because it's hard on my weak heart, but have done regular and aerobic yoga and really loved the way it made my body feel. Helped not only flexibility, but strength and of course balance. Not sure how it would exactly affect an injury, but I wold have to think it could prevent many injuries like the one you talk about.
And it's easy to stay motivated with many of the girls around as well. Even had a very brief tryst with an instructor once!
The skate drag being a prime exacerbator might suggest an adductor tendon origin issue, aka the so called "sportsman's hernia". Have you seen a sportsmed doc? An MRI would show it nicely.
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