Groin Injuries: Groin Injury Symptoms and Treatment
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The appropriate health care for a groin strain is a doctor's diagnosis, your own self-care during rehabilitation, proper physical therapy (for moderate or severe strain), or surgery for a severe strain. The condition is most commonly diagnosed through your own observation of symptoms, your medical history and exam by a doctor and x-rays of the injured hip, thigh and pelvis to rule out possible fractures.

Some possible complications can be (1) prolonged healing time if activity is resumed too soon, (2) proneness to repeated injury, (3) an unstable or arthritic hip following repeated injury, (4) inflammation at the attachment to bone (periostitis); or less frequently, prolonged disability, especially weakness.

With a first-time injury, proper care and sufficient healing time before resuming activity should prevent permanent disability. The average healing times are:

1. Mild strain - 2 to 10 days
2. Moderate strain - 10 days to 6 weeks
3. Severe strain - 6 to 10 weeks.

The complications listed above are more likely to occur in the case of repeated injuries.

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