What should you know about groin tendinopathy?

Tendons connect muscle to bone. In the groin, the adductor tendons help bring the leg inward and stabilise the pelvis. Repeated sprinting, kicking, cutting, heavy exercise or a sudden increase in training can overload them. Pain is often felt near the inner thigh or pubic region and may appear when squeezing the legs, accelerating, climbing stairs or getting out of a car. It may settle during rest but return when the tendon is loaded again. Muscle Soreness After Exercise usually follows unfamiliar exertion and fades as recovery occurs; tendon pain that keeps returning deserves a different assessment.

Begin by reducing the movements that clearly provoke pain while keeping comfortable daily activity. A clinician or physiotherapist can assess hip, pelvis and leg strength, then build a graded programme. Physiotherapy may use load management, mobility work and progressive strengthening; Strength Training Rehabilitation can restore the tendon’s ability to tolerate sport-specific force. Shockwave Therapy or a PRP Injection may be discussed in selected persistent cases, but suitability depends on the diagnosis, examination and your goals. Avoid repeatedly checking the tendon with hard sprints or maximal squeezing.

Book an assessment when groin pain lasts beyond a short recovery period, limits walking or sport, or repeatedly returns after you resume training. Seek prompt care after a sudden pop with bruising, substantial weakness, inability to walk normally, fever, numbness or rapidly increasing swelling. These features can indicate a more significant injury or another source of groin pain and should not be managed by exercise progression alone.

Ask which tendon is involved, whether the hip or pubic joint needs assessment, what pain response is acceptable during rehabilitation, and how strength will be progressed. If an injection or shockwave treatment is suggested, ask what problem it targets and how it fits with your exercise plan.