Groin and young adult hip pain
What is groin and young adult hip joint pain?
The “groin” is the term given to the area of the body where the lower abdomen meets the upper thigh.
It is made up of layers of soft tissue structures including muscles, tendons and ligaments which overlie the hip joint.
Pain in the groin is common and is often felt from these soft tissues or the joint deep inside. This type of pain can come on spontaneously, without any obvious cause or you may be able to put it down to a specific event or activity when you felt a pain or “pull”.
Whether it is irritation of the joint or the soft tissues, in most cases, simple changes to your activities and simple exercises, as your pain allows, can help you recover.
Sometimes we can get pain in the hip area from other structures that may need expert assessment. Ask for an urgent GP practice appointment or call 111 if:
You have groin/hip pain and
- Significant injury or trauma to the hip or groin area
- Severe pain levels
- Sudden swelling or bruising
- Unable to put weight on the affected leg
- Any altered sensation or weakness in the leg
- Testicular pain
- A swelling or lump around or in your testicles
- Swelling or bulging in the groin area – especially if red/hot/tender
- Your groin symptoms are made worse by coughing or sneezing
- Symptoms are present on both sides
- Groin pain that radiates to your back, abdomen, or chest
- Groin pain along with a high temperature or feeling sick.
- Pain in your side that moves into your groin and testicle.
- There’s blood in your urine.
- You have sickle cell anaemia and your hip pain came on suddenly