Hi Neil,
My name is John Tallarico and I am 27 years old. I
live in Los Angeles, California. I am 6-0 Ft. and
weigh 255 Lb. I am not in shape at all and my friend
consider me the weekend-warrior. Anyway, On October
24th, 1999, I suffered an injury 5 minutes into our
pick-up soccer game. I went for a ball down the side
and as I was trying to keep up with the defender by
running as fast as I could when all of sudden I felt
this sharp pain originating from the mid-upper groin
area running all the way down to the inside of my leg.
It felt like lightning going down my leg and at that
moment I knew something was wrong because I had lost
my strength in my right leg. In a matter of a few days
it started to to turn purple and in about 3-4 weeks
time the purple began to disappear as the yellowish
color kicked in. I still have somewhat of a lingering
pain in the groin area especially when I attempt to
lift up my leg and when I flex my leg towards my chest
or when I do circular movements. I've already seen a
doctor and he's informed me that I may have damaged
the Sartorius Muscle or possibly the Rectus Femoris.
Do you think an MRI would take these doubts I have
away. Can you please help me or lead me in the right
direction.
Thanks Neil!
John, BUMMER!
You have defenitely torn a muscle. I hear people say "I tore my muscle" when
there was no evidence of a tear. Bleeding is the only evidence of a true muscle
tear. You tore a muscle. No doubt about that. Now, which muscle you tore is
still an open question. An MRI might show the tear, but specific muscle testing
will define it faster, sheaper and quicker. See a good physical therapist who
can perform a manual muscle test to define the tissue in question. If I was a
betting man, I'd say that you tore your adductors. It is unusual to tear a quad
or the sartorious...not to say that you didn't, but the adductors are usually
the first to go when you sprint occasionally - (My adductors are sore as we
speak after running sprints at the track yesterday so I cab guarantee that they
work hard during high intensity activity.)
You need to work in a pool, on a slide baord, and with a functionally oriented
physical therapist.
Start immediately.
Neil
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