Groin pain in athletes is very common and can be a challenge to diagnose and treat for healthcare professionals. In intense sports, change of direction, acceleration, and deceleration can lead to muscular or tendinous injury. This chapter explores the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of athletic pubalgia. Proper physical examination is the key to diagnosis and appropriate treatment, and this chapter will help the reader to differentiate athletic pubalgia from other types of groin pain. In addition to surgical therapy, there are a number of non-surgical treatment options that are discussed within. This chapter will serve as an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of athletic pubalgia, and those readers working with athletes should develop a greater understanding of the diagnosis and management of this common yet complex problem.

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Evaluation and Nonoperative Treatment of Core Muscle Injuries

  • Vikram J. Deka,
  • Ethan Ferrel,
  • Destin Hill

摘要

Groin pain in athletes is very common and can be a challenge to diagnose and treat for healthcare professionals. In intense sports, change of direction, acceleration, and deceleration can lead to muscular or tendinous injury. This chapter explores the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of athletic pubalgia. Proper physical examination is the key to diagnosis and appropriate treatment, and this chapter will help the reader to differentiate athletic pubalgia from other types of groin pain. In addition to surgical therapy, there are a number of non-surgical treatment options that are discussed within. This chapter will serve as an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of athletic pubalgia, and those readers working with athletes should develop a greater understanding of the diagnosis and management of this common yet complex problem.