Groin Injuries
Monday, November 26, 2007

Posted by stmahockey17

We all know that a lot of hockey players suffer from groin injuries and that a lot of coaches stress stretching the groin in the center circle along with the hamstring and many other leg muscles but that maybe causing more injuries than it prevents. Recent studies have showed that commonly accepted static stretching can decrease over all strength of an area by 9% for an our after the stretch mean while static stretching can increase the overall strength of an area as well as making you more flexible. It is recommended that you statically stretch before a game or practice then after the game or practice you should statically stretch. If have had a history of groin injuries there are a few exercises you can do to strengthen this area such "Aero ball squeezes"(put a Aerobics ball between your legs and use your groin to pull your legs together). the alternative on ice exercise is to get on your knees just like the standard groin stretch but pull you legs together 10 times slowly do two sets of this prior to practice.