Injuries to the thigh are relatively common in athletes. Muscle injuries predominate, such as contusion injuries which often occur in soccer. Muscle strains are common in explosive sports such as sprinting, involving especially the hamstring muscles. Other causes of pain are stress fracture, compartment syndromes, and referred pain. Vague pain in the thigh may be […]
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Inguinal and femoral hernias are not uncommon and can be symptomatic producing radiating pain diffusely in the groin area. In athletes with persistent pain, ‘sports hernia’ can be a cause of problems: this is a syndrome of weakness of the posterior inguinal wall causing chronic groin pain, but without a clinically recognizable hernia. Inguinal hernia […] Some athletes are afflicted by pain located in the anterior aspect of the pubic bone. Inflammation of the pubic bone occurs in soccer, ice hockey and American football players, as well as in long-distance runners and weightlifters. There is usually no trauma involved, instead there is a gradual onset with pain centrally localized in the […] Pain in the groin can be caused by a rupture in the origin or the upper third of the rectus femoris muscletendon junction. This rupture is usually partial, but complete rupture may occur. The rupture can occur during shooting and tackling in football and also during fast acceleration in general. Symptoms and diagnosis – During […] Overuse of the adductor muscle-tendon unit The muscles that draw the leg inwards (adduct at the hip joint) are primarily the adductor longus, the adductor magnus, the adductor brevis, and the pectineus muscles. The gracilis muscle and the lower fibers of the gluteus maximus also work as adductors. However, it is usually the adductor […] Groin pain Groin pain in athletes is a common problem: it occurs in soccer in 5–13% of injuries in men and in 4–5% of injuries in women. It is one of the most difficult problems in sports medicine. A groin injury may be acute but if often leads to chronic pain with diffuse symptoms that […] SYMPTOMS There is gradual onset of diffuse or localised exercise-induced pain in both the groin and around the symphysis. The symptoms are often vague and secondary muscular symptoms are very common, misleading the examiner. AETIOLOGY This condition is thought to be a stress reaction from excessive jumping or running exercises but the exact […] SYMPTOMS There is gradual onset of diffuse or localised exercise-induced pain in the groin or pelvic area in a young anorexic athlete (often a female long-distance runner) or in elderly athletes with osteoporosis. AETIOLOGY Stress reaction from excessive jumping or running exercises in fragile athletes. Stress fractures in the flat bones such as […] |
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