Groin Injury?

[pbhockey4 0]

A little over a week ago playing hockey and I rested myself for a week and today I have a game is it a good idea to play tonight? I does'nt hurt as much now but I always strech it twice a day.

[Katzenjammer 1]

A little over a week ago playing hockey and I rested myself for a week and today I have a game is it a good idea to play tonight? I does'nt hurt as much now but I always strech it twice a day.

I gather you've "pulled" your groin? You don't necessarily want to stretch injured tissue a great deal - just enough to keep range of motion you had before. After the initial 24 hour period of icing and mostly rest, you DO want to move it and exercise as much as possible up to a certain amount of pain but NOT including ANY sharp pain - progressing within that low pain range. Ibuprofen is your friend here.

A few months ago I badly pulled something deep in my hip flexors - so bad my friends could hear a "pop." Went to work on it like above and was back nearly to 100% within 2.5 weeks.

In a game, however, you'll totally forget about your injury and play as if you don't have the injury - which is a bad thing if it's still lingering. You could make it much worse. Much better would be to go for a few open skates (open skate, stick & puck, whatever) and gradually increase intensity till you're back to 100%.

My 2 centavos.

[pbhockey4 0]

I gather you've "pulled" your groin? You don't necessarily want to stretch injured tissue a great deal - just enough to keep range of motion you had before. After the initial 24 hour period of icing and mostly rest, you DO want to move it and exercise as much as possible up to a certain amount of pain but NOT including ANY sharp pain - progressing within that low pain range. Ibuprofen is your friend here.

A few months ago I badly pulled something deep in my hip flexors - so bad my friends could hear a "pop." Went to work on it like above and was back nearly to 100% within 2.5 weeks.

In a game, however, you'll totally forget about your injury and play as if you don't have the injury - which is a bad thing if it's still lingering. You could make it much worse. Much better would be to go for a few open skates (open skate, stick & puck, whatever) and gradually increase intensity till you're back to 100%.

My 2 centavos.

So it wouldnt be a good idea to skate tonight?

[Vet88 674]

No, it wouldn't be a good idea. It does depend on how old you are, younger people - sub 25 - recover much quicker but typically a groin injury takes 2 - 4 weeks to heal completely in the sub 25 age range - depending on severity and where in the groin the injury is (and add about a week for every 10 years over this). If it is a tendon it can take up to 6 weeks or even surgery.

Take the advice mentioned prior, go to public sessions and trainings and test it there, not in a game where you will lunge, check, turn, spin and then tear the shit out of it again and be off for 2 - 4 months.

Supplement and test with running, when you can sprint at full pace and do side steps at full pace then you are ready to test it in play again.

[Chadd 916]

if you do play make sure you wrap it as tight as you can.

[pbhockey4 0]

I decided to one of those 20 year olds with common sense and say ya tonight I am going to rest it because if I injure it I am screwed.

[acollette49 0]

i tweaked a groin (at age 33) and it took 6 months, if not more, to completely heal.

of course i didn't stop skating which didn't help the cause at all...

[Vet88 674]

Yep, seen a lot of that in speed skating, 4 - 6 months for groin tears to heal and that's with skaters taking it easy.

[Katzenjammer 1]

Yep, seen a lot of that in speed skating, 4 - 6 months for groin tears to heal and that's with skaters taking it easy.

I did that to a hamstring while sprinting in high school - the tear was was so bad it was black and blue; a massive tearing of the muscle. I doubt the OP did anything like that - more likely just micro tears, what people call a "pulled muscle." However, if he doesn't take care of it properly he might end up with something as bad as that. And yeah, it can take many months and people feel that sort of tear even after years.

[pbhockey4 0]

Groin tears such an annoying injury you feel fine just the groin part you feel a little pain lol

[My Other Car Is A DeLorean 0]

Last year I was constantly getting bad groin pulls from hockey, mostly from stopping and turning. That pain is the worst!

[theGhost 0]

Groin pulls suck! The worst part is its really hard to tell when your ready to go, and it's so easy to reinjure!

[Chadd 916]

Funny that this topic came up so recently. I picked the pocket of the other team's ringer and as I turn to go the other way, up comes the stick between my legs and a tug to the right. Now I can barely walk and it hurts like hell,

Way to go beer league douchebag, you really showed me.

[Doughnuts08 6]

Most people dont work on strengthening their adductors (groin muslce). With the amount of stretching your groin goes through during the skating motion, the muscle can be weakened. Do some strength training exercises to prevent injuring it. May look a little fruity, but the adductor machine at the gym that most of the chicks use works pretty well.