Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D. Groin pain can stem from various issues, ranging from muscle strains and hip ...

Many nerves lie between the layers of muscle and tissue, including those that extend to the groin, thighs, back and hips.

Gym Smarts: Stretching Part Two Also for a healthy person what important stretch to do is to get the groin muscles stretched out. This one pretty simple, get your legs spread out a little bit, and ...

A lot of runners will be familiar with the dreaded groin strain: a tenderness around the groin area or inner thigh that can feel like a sharp, twinging pain. Although not a serious injury, groin ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: My 17-year-old son plays secondary school football. After a recent game, he began complaining of pain in his lower abdomen that radiates down to his inner thigh. His primary care ...

It’s normal for pregnant women to experience separation of the parallel muscle band of the anterior mid-abdominal wall known as diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) — about two thirds of mothers-to ...

Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD) is a tear in the external oblique aponeurosis or the conjoint tendon causing a posterior wall defect at the medial end of the inguinal canal. It ...

Background: Groin pain is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to sports medicine. The literature provides no consensus on definitions of or diagnostic criteria for groin pain in athletes. To ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and rapidly developing area of medicine focuses on ...