inner thigh/groin twinge

[bds20002002]

Hi all:

about 3 weeks ago i started to feel a slight twinge in my inner thigh/groin when i squat. It was before a scheduled week off so i felt, "it will go away with one full week off." so i went back in last week, and pulled (conventional) it felt great, no twinge. I went in today to squat, and there it was again. im so depresed. so i put 225 on the bar and did 3 sets of 5. during the last set, i didnt feel it.
Advice? cause and action i should take.

 

[harman_2005]

I have the same thing when I start to go down on the squat. I get a little twinge in my upper hamstring sometimes. Dunno what it is. I think it might be due to not warming up properly, which I have a tendency not to do with legs. Similar thing happens in my triceps when I start benching without warming up properly, so I think it could just be that your leg is stiff and cold. Does it happen only on earlier sets, or even in later sets?

 

[Atomic Punk]

Stretch it out. I had a hip flexor pull awhile back, that I had no clue what was. I mean, you'd think that if you pull a muscle, you'd have known it right? Like, you'd have felt it pop or something?! Not always the case, if it is a slight pull or strain. Anyhow, I thought it was a hernia for the longest time, since the shit just would not go away. I taked to a physical therapist, who put my mind at ease after telling me that if it were a hernia, that I wouldn't have been able to lift at all more than likely, which I was able to do--just couldn't squat at all.. He then showed me some stretches. After a few days I was as good as new. The muscle was so ready to be healed, and was just waiting around for me to find what it needed.

Anyhow...stretch it.

 

[makedah]

Something similar happened to me when I was handling too much weight on a GM. A twinge in the upper-inner thigh/hamstring area (odd description, I know). It made me unstable on the lift, so I cut the set short. But the twinge went away pretty quickly.

 

[bds20002002]

you all nailed it!!!! my lazy ass needs to stretch/warm up properly.

ty

 

[Zander1983]

You can't be too careful about something like that. Warm-up properly (not necessarily stretching, just some ROM work and enough warm-up sets for you, some need more than others). Also, it might be worth laying off it, icing, and using some anti-inflammatories for a couple of days. Just to make sure you get on top of it.

 

[tiger88]

groin pulls stingers just suck. i pulled mine after running a full sprint cold, ( no choice i was on the side lines and put in) and i pulled the fuck out of mine and i just streched and iced alot and then it came back the next year. some track and field guys pull theres and they are out for the season. they can be serious

 

[bds20002002]

its warning me guys. i work legs/lower body every 8 days. i alternate squat one week, pull next. i will warm up properly from now on. for everything. not just legs. the mistake i made was not walking for 10 minutes to warm up. i went under the bar cold, even though it was only 135lbs. ill never make that error again.