{"id":4248,"date":"2021-05-18T07:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T11:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaneyhealth.com\/healthtips\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2021-04-24T21:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T01:11:16","slug":"relief-from-groin-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chaneyhealth.com\/healthtips\/relief-from-groin-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief From Groin Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Can A Thigh Muscle Cause Groin Pain?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT \u2013The Pain Relief Expert<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney<\/strong><\/p>\n

May Is A Beautiful Time Of Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s MAY!!\u00a0\u00a0 Bring on the flowers that came from the April showers!<\/p>\n

Of course, here in Florida we have flowers all year, so it\u2019s our friends to the north that are enjoying a glorious array of color during this month.<\/p>\n

In some ways, life is beginning to slow down for us.\u00a0 With most of the snowbirds gone, driving is easier, the stores are less crowded, and we can park at the beach.\u00a0 The weather is still beautiful so we can still go outside to ride a bike, jog, or play the sports we enjoy.<\/p>\n

This Month\u2019s Treatment \u2013 The Rectus Femoris Muscle<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Rectus Femoris Muscle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your Rectus Femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of your thigh. It is the only one of the quadriceps that originates on the tip of your pelvis.\u00a0 When your \u201cquads\u201d contract you straighten your leg.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written several times about the domino-effect of a string of muscles that cause low back pain, hamstring tension, sciatica, and hip\/knee pain.\u00a0 I call the entire treatment the Julstro Protocol.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even written a book titled The 15 Minute Back Pain Solution <\/em>that explains the whole thing. This time I would like to talk about how the rectus femoris muscle can cause groin pain.<\/p>\n

How Can A Thigh Muscle Cause Groin Pain?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a bit complicated unless we go through the entire cycle of muscles involved in the Julstro Protocol, but that would be redundant.\u00a0 As a quick refresher, your psoas muscle (anterior side of your lumbar vertebrae) and your iliacus muscle (on the inside of your pelvis bones) both insert into the inside of your thigh bone.\u00a0 When they are strained (usually from sitting for long periods of time \u2013 including cyclists who ride for hours, or when you drive a car long distances) they shorten and rotate your pelvis forward and down.<\/p>\n

This forward rotation causes your rectus femoris to be too long to do the job of straightening your leg, so the body ties a knot (a spasm\/trigger point) on the outside of your thigh, right where your middle finger touches when you have your arms relaxed at your side.\u00a0 This knot then holds your pelvis down in the front, and your pelvis rotates \u2013 down in the front and up in the back.<\/p>\n

This is where the groin problem comes in.\u00a0 Your pubic bone\/groin is being moved backward during this rotation.\u00a0 The muscles of your inner thigh all originate on your pubic bone, but they are now being overstretched<\/u>!\u00a0 As a result, they are putting stress on your pubic bone.<\/p>\n

Just like pulling on your hair will hurt your scalp, the muscle pulling on the bone will hurt the bone, in this case, the pubic bone.\u00a0 You end up with groin pain!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had people think they had a serious condition (one man was told he had the beginning of prostrate cancer!!) when all that is happening is a muscle strain.\u00a0 And one that is simple to fix.<\/p>\n

We aren\u2019t going through the entire Julstro Protocol, even though that is exactly what I\u2019d do if you came in to the office.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested, the entire program is in the book.\u00a0 However, I do want to show you how to do the treatment for your rectus femoris.<\/p>\n

Relief From Groin Pain<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Treating Your Rectus Femoris<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Sit in a chair and use either a 12\u201dx1\u201d piece of PVC pipe or a rolling pin (don\u2019t let it roll). Starting at the top of your thigh, slide the pipe down to your knee as shown in the pictures below.\u00a0 Rolling will prevent you from going deep enough into the muscle, so just slide.<\/p>\n

Do your entire thigh, outside-front-inside.\u00a0 You will likely find big \u201cspeed bumps\u201d all along the muscles. The picture on the right is treating your rectus femoris, and the picture on the left is treating your adductor muscles which all originate on your pubic bone.\u00a0 With the adductors, you may find a painful point closer to your inner knee where several muscles all join together to stabilize your knee joint.<\/p>\n

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Press deeply, but always stay within your pain tolerance level \u2013 it should \u201churt so good,\u201d but never be severe pain.<\/p>\n

I always suggest that you do three passes down each line of muscles, and then go back and focus some direct attention on each bump (spasm) to bring blood into the area and release the knotted muscle fibers.<\/p>\n

Wishing you well,<\/p>\n

Julie Donnelly\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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