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Adductor related groin pain is the most common diagnosis for athletes with groin pain. In this episode of the Physio Edge podcast you will discover how to assess and diagnose adductor related groin pain, identify or exclude differential diagnosis including stress fractures, hip joint involvement, inguinal related groin pain and nerve entrapment.

Dr Adam Weir is a Sports Physician with a PhD on groin pain, the lead author for the Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes, who currently shares his time between the Aspetar sports groin pain centre and the Erasmus University Hospital Academic Centre for Groin Injuries in Holland. Adam will take you through exactly how to perform an assessment around the hip and groin, how to interpret your findings and how to explain your diagnosis to your patients. You will explore:

The common presentation and symptoms of someone with adductor related groin pain
Structures that are commonly involved
Aggravating and easing activities
Area of pain, and new research highlighting unexpected pain referral areas from the adductor tendons
Differential diagnosis
Bone stress injuries around the hip and pubic bone
Genitofemoral nerve entrapments - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Red flags
Acute versus chronic presentations
Adductor related versus pubic related groin pain
How to perform an assessment, including screening tests
Tests you need to incorporate into your assessment
Identifying and diagnosing all the structures contributing to a patient's symptoms
What is the value of imaging and when should it be performed?

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