Hockey and soccer players often experience the painful repercussions of groin strains, however, these injuries are not exclusive to these sports, they also occur in others like cross country skiing, fencing, handball, and track & field. This is due to the frequent and forceful eccentric contraction of the adductor muscles found on the inner thigh, which these sports necessitate. (1) In the National Hockey League (NHL), groin strains comprise about 10% of all recorded injuries
