Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D. Groin pain can stem from various issues, ranging from muscle strains and hip ...

It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and ...

Gym Smarts: Stretching Part Two Also for a healthy person what important stretch to do is to get the groin muscles stretched out. This one pretty simple, get your legs spread out a little bit, and ...

A lot of runners will be familiar with the dreaded groin strain: a tenderness around the groin area or inner thigh that can feel like a sharp, twinging pain. Although not a serious injury, groin ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: My 17-year-old son plays secondary school football. After a recent game, he began complaining of pain in his lower abdomen that radiates down to his inner thigh. His primary care ...

No matter which variations you follow, crunches have the advantage over sit-ups of being able to better target abdominal muscles. "Because the movement is smaller, you can control momentum more," ...

It’s normal for pregnant women to experience separation of the parallel muscle band of the anterior mid-abdominal wall known as diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) — about two thirds of mothers-to ...

Background: Groin pain is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to sports medicine. The literature provides no consensus on definitions of or diagnostic criteria for groin pain in athletes. To ...

Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD) is a tear in the external oblique aponeurosis or the conjoint tendon causing a posterior wall defect at the medial end of the inguinal canal. It ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and rapidly developing area of medicine focuses on ...