Acute and chronic groin pain is common in sports, however diagnosis can be challenging. A thorough understanding of pathology around the hip and groin and when pathology relates to symptoms, knowledge of potential red flags, along with patterns and symptoms associated with each diagnosis is vital in guiding your treatment of hip and groin pain.

In the first of two podcasts on hip and groin pain with Physiotherapist and Extended Scope Practitioner Benoy Mathew, we explore:

• How you can use the patient history to help your diagnosis and treatment
• Important questions you NEED to ask all of your hip and groin pain patients
• Sources of hip and groin pain - intra and extra-articular
• How you can identify referred pain from the lumbar spine and SIJ
• How you can identify important red flags around the hip and groin
• When you should refer your patients for further investigations, medical assessment and surgical opinion
• How you can identify osteoarthritis in younger patients
• Differentiating hip impingement, labral pathology and hip dysplasia
• When to request X-ray or MRI
• Identifying and understanding iliopsoas pain and pathology

This is a vital podcast for anyone that treats hip and groin pain, and is highly recommended listening before Hip & groin pain part 2 - Assessment & Treatment with Benoy Mathew coming soon.

As mentioned in this episode Benoy is presenting a webinar with Clinical Edge. The webinar will discuss: • Rehabilitation of adductor and iliopsoas related groin pain • Practical tips • Common presentations • Osteitis pubis, sports hernia, hip impingement • Rehabilitation from initial stages to plyometrics

CLICK HERE to enrol on the free webinar “Rehab of adductor and iliopsoas related groin pain” with Benoy Mathew

Links of Interest

• Download the free podcast handout
• Benoy Mathew on Twitter
• Benoy Mathew’s website and courses
• Free webinar on groin pain rehabilitation with Benoy Mathew
• Access to Ben’s webinar on rehabilitation of hip and groin pain, along with all of the Clinical Edge webinars and videos with a free trial membership
• David on Twitter
• Review the podcast on iTunes
• Like the podcast on Facebook
• Free sports injury videos

Articles related to this episode:

• Hip Joint Pathology as a Leading Cause of Groin Pain in the Sporting Population
• The layer concept: utilization in determining the pain generators, pathology and how structure determines treatment
• Rehabilitation following Hip Arthroscopy: An evolving process
• Iliopsoas: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
• The Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS): development and validation according to the COSMIN checklist
• How much arthritis is too much for hip arthroscopy: a systematic review
• Video – Hip special tests