Pain in the groin
I have pain in my right groin when swimming too much. Particularly when I lift my knee up to my chest against resistance and I am afraid this has developed into a chronic condition.
Let me explain my case:
The problem began when I was 22. I remember exactly how it happened. I went out with my bike to do some sprints, when suddenly just as I had lifted the right pedal, my right groin started hurting me. I guess I used too much gear multiplication (50 x 13). It hurt a lot and I had to stop and go home. I just rested for the following days I forgot about it. I tried to go out with my bike again after 10 days or so, but after 30 minutes on the bike I had to stop because of the pain in the right groin. It was not as painful as the firts day, but I had not snough strength and could not apply power at all to the right pedal. So I forgot about the bike for a while.
About a year ago (now I am 28 years old), I had almost forgotten about my groin injury, and I started running without any problems. Now, I can do 5,000 meters within 20 minutes with no problem or muscle pains of any kind. But a couple of months ago, I started swimming too, and noticed that when kicking with my legs too hard in the pool, pain in the right groin resumed so hard that after swimming 500 meters, I could not even walk or even lift my right knee for the next 30 minutes or so.
What I am not sure about is, if this injury is a new one in the right groin, or is the same I had 6 years ago when I was 22 years old and never healed. During that lapse of time I have not used a bike or swim at all (only running) so there is no way to know that for sure. I had already forgotten about the groin pain until I began going to the pool a couple of months ago. Perhaps it is a new injury, I don’t know.
The pain in the groin does not appear when I run, and neither when I sprint. It only appears at the pool when I swim. I guess different muscles are involved running and swimming right? I have not tried hard with a bike for years but I guess I will have the same pain.
I have checked this iste and it seems to me that it has to do with the iliopsoas muscle in the groin, but I would like to hear your opinions.