Michael D
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I've been having issues with muscles in my groin area, inner thighs (both sides), and front of the hip (mostly right side). It started after some heavy squatting about 3 weeks ago, and it does not seem to go away even though there is an occasional relief here and there.
It manifests the most when I am coming out of the squat about 3/4 of the way up, or out of the hip hinge (so no KB swings for a while), or shifting weight from foot to foot as in standing on one foot. Also when I try to squeeze the ball between my knees, when I relax adductors hurt a lot, especially if I hold the squeeze for several seconds! I tried foam rolling and massage, but nothing seems to help. I am also seeing a physio therapist, but she doesn't seem to see an issue in this... I came with a lower back problem a while ago, and she seems to be fixated on that, even though I don't have any lower back pain issues for some time now, and specifically mentioned groin pain several times.
I tried squatting this morning, and I was doing ok with warm up weight, but as soon as I switched to the working weight, adductors started to hurt again. I had to stop. It is frustrating as I feel I just started making good progress on my squats. And now because of the pain, if I am not warmed I have a very hard time coming out of the squat even just with bodyweight, or very light weight (like while picking up my 2 year old).
Looking back, I think what caused it is my lifestyle (mostly sitting at the desk, or in the car), progressing with weights a bit too quickly, squat form being off on heavier weights, also not being able to recover quickly enough from doing Stronglifts 5x5 3 times a week.
I am wondering if anyone had a similar experience, and what have you done to fix the problem?
It manifests the most when I am coming out of the squat about 3/4 of the way up, or out of the hip hinge (so no KB swings for a while), or shifting weight from foot to foot as in standing on one foot. Also when I try to squeeze the ball between my knees, when I relax adductors hurt a lot, especially if I hold the squeeze for several seconds! I tried foam rolling and massage, but nothing seems to help. I am also seeing a physio therapist, but she doesn't seem to see an issue in this... I came with a lower back problem a while ago, and she seems to be fixated on that, even though I don't have any lower back pain issues for some time now, and specifically mentioned groin pain several times.
I tried squatting this morning, and I was doing ok with warm up weight, but as soon as I switched to the working weight, adductors started to hurt again. I had to stop. It is frustrating as I feel I just started making good progress on my squats. And now because of the pain, if I am not warmed I have a very hard time coming out of the squat even just with bodyweight, or very light weight (like while picking up my 2 year old).
Looking back, I think what caused it is my lifestyle (mostly sitting at the desk, or in the car), progressing with weights a bit too quickly, squat form being off on heavier weights, also not being able to recover quickly enough from doing Stronglifts 5x5 3 times a week.
I am wondering if anyone had a similar experience, and what have you done to fix the problem?