What should you know about pain lower right side near groin?

Pain brought on by running, pivoting, or lifting the leg can reflect a strained groin muscle or irritation around the hip. Hip impingement may cause groin pain with deep bending or rotation, while a hip labral tear can be associated with catching, clicking, or a deep ache. Hip osteoarthritis may make walking, stairs, or getting out of a chair progressively harder. Pain that is constant, severe, or accompanied by abdominal, urinary, or reproductive symptoms should not be assumed to be a joint problem. A clinician can examine the hip, abdomen, and nearby tissues.

Pause sprinting, sudden changes of direction, and deep hip positions if they provoke symptoms. Keep walking gently if it is comfortable, and avoid stretching aggressively into pain. Note whether the discomfort follows exercise, occurs at rest, or changes with coughing or eating. A sports physiotherapy assessment may help identify movement-related overload and provide a graded plan. Explore Groin Pain, Hip Impingement, Hip Labral Tear, and Hip Osteoarthritis for related information.

Seek urgent care for sudden severe groin or abdominal pain, faintness, repeated vomiting, fever, a painful bulge, inability to bear weight, or pain after a significant fall. Prompt assessment is also needed for a swollen or red joint, new numbness or weakness, or testicular or pelvic symptoms. Book a review when pain persists, keeps returning, or changes your walking.

Could the hip joint, groin muscles, or another nearby structure be involved? Which activities are safe while this settles? Would an examination or imaging help? What symptoms should send me to urgent care?