Pulled adductor muscle

[Rod]

My son's first day of baseball practice, he pulled his adductor muscles while running. It's been a week and I've been working it gently as it's very painful esp. at upper attachments, but also gracilis, hamstrings and quads. Also been doing PIR stretches. I've not let him practice all week, and it's improving, but barely. This is his Senior year... how long will he have to sit on the bench and what else should I do?

 

[mrs. holden caulfield.]

If it's up high in the groin, you could also consider psoas, which seems more likely to pull during running, if he wasn't doing any special move. (sliding into base, etc)

Also, I don't know what PIR stands for (anything like PNF?), but I would avoid stretching anything that has been pulled, esp. in the acute phase.

Rest, Ice, and all that.

 

[Matthew K]

If it's up high in the groin, you could also consider psoas, which seems more likely to pull during running, if he wasn't doing any special move. (sliding into base, etc)

Also, I don't know what PIR stands for (anything like PNF?), but I would avoid stretching anything that has been pulled, esp. in the acute phase.

Rest, Ice, and all that.

He said he pulled it while running. We didn't learn how to palpate the psoas muscle in school. I've read so many mixed opinions on doing so because of its location that I'm not confident in working it. PIR...has been a while but I think it stands for Post Isometric Reciprocation? 20 seconds lengthening and 20 seconds holding against resistance. I will stop that though as you suggested. Thanks. Definately been doing the rest, ice, and Aleve or ibuprophen.

 

[ikenna]

Agreed. Stop the stretching for now. Stretching should be pain free only. Let the strain heal for another week, for now you can do myofascial release on adductors, hamstrings, quads, check his range of motion in the calves, so it doesn't posturally aggravate the injury.

Once you have released the full muscle, you can do GENTLE friction on the strain, then have him walk around. Come back and do more gentle friction, then walk around again, etc. Then try stretching gently and pain free. If it still hurts, go back to treatment.

If he strained the muscle, the body is trying to repair the site of strain. If you stretch the strain too soon or before adequate treatment, you disrupt the new tissue, in a similar way that tugging on a superficial scab can crack it open again.

I agree also that psoas needs to be addressed.

 

[Ana-Maria]

Agreed. Stop the stretching for now. Stretching should be pain free only. Let the strain heal for another week, for now you can do myofascial release on adductors, hamstrings, quads, check his range of motion in the calves, so it doesn't posturally aggravate the injury.

Once you have released the full muscle, you can do GENTLE friction on the strain, then have him walk around. Come back and do more gentle friction, then walk around again, etc. Then try stretching gently and pain free. If it still hurts, go back to treatment.

If he strained the muscle, the body is trying to repair the site of strain. If you stretch the strain too soon or before adequate treatment, you disrupt the new tissue, in a similar way that tugging on a superficial scab can crack it open again.

I agree also that psoas needs to be addressed.

Ok....thanks!