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How to optimise your groin rehabilitation with Dr Stacey Hardin

Apr 10, 2024
Dr Stacey Hardin, expert in groin rehab and sports medicine, shares insights on patient monitoring, exercise selection, gradual progression, and return-to-play criteria. She emphasizes the importance of athlete involvement, structured frameworks, targeting multiple muscle groups, monitoring ratios, pain tolerance evaluation, and safe loading for effective groin rehabilitation.
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Quick takeaways

  • Monitoring groin pain and function is crucial for athlete rehab, using methods like the five-second squeeze test.
  • Structured return-to-play plans are vital for successful rehabilitation, involving athlete input for empowerment and progress checks.

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Monitoring Groin Pain and Function

Monitoring groin pain and function is essential in rehabilitating athletes with groin pain. Methods such as the five-second squeeze test have been extensively studied and validated for this purpose. Stacey Hardin, a high-performance practitioner, emphasizes the importance of realistic expectations during the rehab process and highlights the minimal clinically relevant changes seen in pain or function in professional athletes throughout a season.

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