Previous hip, groin injury predisposes athletes to another

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Soccer and rugby players who have injured their hip or groin are between two and seven times more likely to sustain another similar injury, according to a review of past studies. Researchers looking to help explain injuries like thigh bone stress fractures and groin strains in field-based sports found that older athletes and those with weaker groin muscles were also at higher risk. “You can’t prevent age, but you can prevent the second injury by making sure the first one gets taken care of adequately and appropriately,” said Dr. W. Ben Kibler. He is medical director of the Lexington Clinic Orthopedics-Sports Medicine Center in Kentucky and was not involved in the new research.



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