Pain in adductor muscle/inner thigh/balls

So that sounds like a strained adductor with possible osteitis pubis.

My best bet was that you strained your adductor/groin a bit and continued running. The adductor muscles attach in at your pubic symphysis which is located basically at the base of your testicles. The pubic symphysis connects a bunch of muscles like your adductor and abdominal. It's sort of a central junction and if your adductor muscle is torn and comprised (specifically at the insertion point to the pubic symphysis) then it can result in osteitis pubis and very commonly you can experience a pain in your balls.

Was in that position before and had a nasty bout of it when eventually led way to abdominal and oblique issues as well and it all began with a minor groin sprain I ran through.

My suggestion would be to not take any anti-inflmatatories as inflammation is a key process of the remodeling of damaged tissue, but ice when ever you feel acute pain.

If I could go back and take a few days-a week off then I could've saved months of training, but I didn't, so just be conservative. Try staying away from running when your mechanics break down (long runs + quality efforts) as that is generally what can escalate an injury like this.

I would stay on flat, even soft surfaces and heat before runs. In addition to that, rolling and self massage of the adductors, light stretching once the pain resolves of the groin and some adductor strengthening exercises (concentric squeezes pillow between legs) in addition to general hip, glute, abdominal work to try to mitigate load from the injured area.

Best of luck, hope this helped and you are back to 100% soon.

Wow. Thanks so much for the thorough and helpful response. I will heed your advice.

ballpain wrote:

Wow. Thanks so much for the thorough and helpful response. I will heed your advice.

Even the part about icing your balls?

Regardless, hope you heal quickly and are back up running again soon

ballpain wrote:

where my inner thigh meets my balls

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Pics?

Wow, all the best man

I had this, never really got rid of it because nobody seemed able to help as nothing showed up in the scans, had to work round it. Could be:

a) hernia

b) small muscle tear.

c) vein problems (being squeezed)

d) testicular issues radiating. Sperm cord blockage or cysts.

e) both c) & d) combined.

Don't do any leg raises/sit ups for a while or high knee drills, I found that cycling exacerbates the problem.

Do you notice a sharp pain after say walking down the hallway and then turning right into a room?

Does it feel like someone is squeezing your plumbs together really hard and you feel faint?

Thanks for posting, I thought I was the only one in the world with this problem. I only got rid of it with side planking exercises. Keep me posted.

I've had this for 7 months. Let me know if you find the cure

Hi all. I posted the original message above back in August. I'm following up with more information in case it helps anyone else who's experienced these symptoms.

So, I went to the doctor in late August, and x-rays came back okay. I decided to hold off on an MRI because it was going to cost me $400 out of pocket (mainly the insurance deductible).

I assumed it was a muscle tear and have accordingly done no running at all for the last two months. Instead, I've been using a recumbent bike to try to keep up the cardio somewhat.

The pain subsided somewhat over time, but not to the point where I was comfortable trying to run again. So, after about eight weeks, I finally bit the bullet and got an MRI last week. Yesterday, I got the results: a stress fracture in two places on my pelvis (inferior pubic rami, on the left and right sides). These fractures weren't evident in the initial x-rays done in August, but they've been there the entire time.

The orthopedist says no running until January. In the meantime, I'm confined to the exercise bike and elliptical.

I'm pretty bummed, as you might imagine. Anyway, I thought I'd share this update in case it helps anyone.

Dude. I am sorry.