Groin pain is common in athletes, especially in sports involving twisting, sprinting, or kicking. Muscle strains and hip joint injuries are the usual suspects — but another important, less well-known cause is ilioinguinal nerve pain. Compression or irritation of this nerve causes persistent discomfort and reduced performance, often mistaken for other groin problems. How [...]
Groin pain is common in athletes, but it isn't always a muscle strain or hip injury. One important, often overlooked cause is genitofemoral nerve pain. When the genitofemoral nerve is irritated or compressed, it produces burning groin discomfort, altered sensation, and reduced performance. So how do you know you have genitofemoral neuralgia, and how [...]
Groin pain is common in athletes, especially in sports involving sprinting, sudden changes of direction, or kicking. Muscle strains are the usual cause, but obturator nerve entrapment is another. Less well known, it causes ongoing obturator nerve pain that's hard to diagnose without careful assessment. Obturator nerve entrapment is one of several causes of [...]
Transient osteoporosis of the hip is a significant cause of acute hip pain, most frequently affecting middle-aged men and women in late pregnancy. Also known as transient hip osteoporosis or bone marrow oedema, people with this condition develop temporary bone loss in the femoral head, which typically improves over several months. What is transient [...]
Groin pain is common in sporty people and athletes, with causes ranging from osteitis pubis and tendonitis to stress fractures, inguinal hernia, and hip impingement. One of the more notorious causes is a sports hernia — also called a sportsman's hernia. So what is a sports hernia, and how do we diagnose and treat [...]
Inner thigh pain is a common presentation in active individuals. This region contains the inner thigh muscles, tendons, and bone structures that play a critical role in running, kicking, and changing direction. Also, some cases of inner thigh pain can be caused by problems higher in the pelvis or beyond. So, what are the [...]
How to Use This Hip Pain Location Diagram Pain location is a valuable starting point, but it is only one piece of the diagnostic picture. Several other factors help your doctor reach the correct diagnosis. The onset matters — whether the pain came on suddenly following a specific incident, or gradually over weeks of [...]
Hip Pain from Running: Common Injuries Explained Running loads the hip hard, and hip pain from running can come from the muscles, tendons, joints, or bones. What are the common causes of hip pain when running? Why does running trigger them, and how do we reach a diagnosis quickly? This guide focuses on the [...]
Groin pain occurs where the lower abdominal wall and pelvis meet the leg. In men, a muscle strain is the most common acute cause, but many other conditions cause pain here, some musculoskeletal and some not. Getting the right diagnosis is what makes treatment work. So what causes groin pain in men, and how [...]
When people have pain in the lower abdomen where the leg meets the pelvis, we call it groin pain. It can spread backwards to the perineum or buttocks, or upwards to the abdominal muscles. Many conditions cause it — osteitis pubis, inguinal hernia, and hip joint problems. But sometimes the cause is a pinched [...]
