How To Massage Groin Strains Video

Groin strains are painful and can take a long time to heal. Get expert tips and advice on massage and other treatments in this video.

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Be gentle
Support the legs
Make the person comfortable

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Malu works for Retreat Massage Therapy as a massage therapist. She is well versed in techniques that are particularly helpful for athletes.

MALU LUJAN: Okay. We are going to talk about groin strain and how to work on the groin if somebody has strained it. One thing to make sure of when you are working on someone who has strained an area of their body is that you are very gentle about what you do. You can use firm pressure and you can use some pretty vigorous stretching, but you have to go very, very slowly and you have to make sure to ask them how the pressure is or how the range of motion is, because you do not want to make it worse. So one thing you can do is we are going to do a stretch. So I am going to get you to lift your knee up here, Chris. That is good. And just relax everything and bring your leg to the side. And you know, some people would not have this much range of motion, so you see where my hip is, getting your body between them and the table or the floor can be very helpful. So that if this is as far as they are comfortable going, they're not further straining this muscle by having to activate it to keep their leg from going past a point that is comfortable for them. So basically, he is a little bit more flexible than some people. Are you okay in that position?

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