Ongoing chronic groin pain

I had L5-S1 fusion testicle and anal pain and the surgeon says it has nothing to do with my back I can irritate my back and the pain will switch sides. I’m right there with you hopefully somebody can help us.

I had chronic right groin pain aggravated by jogging with workouts on an indoor track and golf. I saw my Ortho and X-rays were good. When it persisted I was checked by a general surgeon and bilateral inguinal hernias were found on physical. Endoscopic surgery recovery was smooth, but pain recurred when I resumed activity. It worsened steadily after two weeks of golf and walking in Florida.
I was golfing and went down on a drive when that adductor tenon tore. After two weeks of restricted activity the pain was gone. Now the minimal residual
reminders after jogging and golf are barely felt.
The diagnosis was adductor tendonitis from undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis remedied by the rupture.
Ultrasound or MRI could have made the diagnosis.
I’m still fairly active so better to have hernias fixed before I’m 80. Occult groin pain can take time to
diagnose. After your treatments there could be inflammation and scarring obvious.

I just wonder if the groin pain was from arthritis all along....maybe you didn't even have hernias??? I don't trust doctors these days.... why didn't they do an ultrasound or MRI right away??

I just sent an email to my primary doctor at the VA Hospital in Palo Alto requesting that I see a doctor about my ongoing right groin pain. I've had it for years. Kaiser tried giving me five cortisone injections in the right groin, and none of them helped. There's got to be an answer to why I have pain in my right groin every time I get up from a chair or try getting out of my car. I am 89, and I don't want to live the rest of my life with this burden. It's bad enough that I have peripheral neuropathy in both feet. I need a break. Joe Galiardi, Cupertino, CA

Good Luck....I just don't get doctors today....they can't seem to figure anything out!

I had that for amount 6 weeks and I went to physical therapy and they used a tens machine on it and then showed me how to stretch that out now mine is gone

I sympathize with all of you for the ongoing pain that you are experiencing. For the last few days, I felt an ache in my left groin. Last night, I was standing at the counter, preparing dinner. I happened to cross my left leg over my right and the sudden and acute pain in that groin and my outer hip area was brutal!!! I couldn’t move and had to stand there for a while and then make my way over to a chair very slowly. I sat still for a long time, took some Advil and used Volteran on my outer hip and after about an hour, the pain subsided. This morning as I write this, I have such tenderness in that left groin. I know that I have arthritis in both hips but I would hate to have to think of a hip replacement in the near future! Has anyone else ever had this happen (acute pain in the groin). My husband thinks it could have been a muscle spasm or strain. I had been doing leg exercises two or three days before (for my bad knees!!!). I am wishing all who have posted here a speedy recovery. It is so painful when it happens! MaryAnn from MA

Mary Ann,
I have had acute groin pain in my right side for over ten years. X-rays showed I had moderate arthritis in the hip. The doctor told me that I had to have my right hip replaced. A second opinion conferred the same. I had the hip replaced. The operation didn't do me any good. Don't believe all doctors. I suggest going on Utube and looking up exercises for groin pain. I just started, and I believe in time my groin pain will elapse. Joe G

Since you started new exercises it may be the cause. I found it helped to use
ice packs and take ibuprofen. Avoid the exercises for now. Maybe it was a
a muscle pull or cramp. If it persists hope you have access to an ortho.
X-rays don’t always reveal the cause. I now know to seek a second opinion
before any surgery.

I developed right groin pain after doing some work involving a wheelbarrow, a load of clay dirt, and a ramp. Doc said I had an inguinal hernia so that was fixed. However, the pain did not go away. The only way for relief was to sit! For 20 years I had the pain, I called it my "string" because it felt like a string was wrapped around my hip bone and connected to my groin. Then, 20 years later, I had a hysterectomy. Groin pain gone. No explanation.