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Hey, what's up everybody? Thank you so much for checking out today's show. This is episode

25 of the Squat University podcast. The goal with each and every one of these shows is to bring you as much value-packed content.

They help you move better in the gym and in light, decrease your bodies, aches, and pains,

and help you reach your true athletic potential.

Now, a few weeks ago, I started talking on the topic of groin pain when lifting.

Two weeks ago in episode 23, the topic was hip impingement or FAAI, which stands for

femoral, acetabular impingement.

Basically, that's that deep pinching pain in the front side of your hip whenever you go

down into a deep squat.

So that's what we talked about in episode 23.

Today, we are going to focus on treating another form of growing pain

and actually one of the most common reasons for groin pain, which is the adductor strain.

Now, let's talk about treating the adductor strain. Like we mentioned before, in the previous

one on screening, the groin pain, the adductor longest is one of the most

commonly injured muscles in your classic pulled groin. It's actually something that I've seen

recently in a lot of power lifters, especially those who use a wider stance squat or maybe

a pull sumo, is that they'll have that classic groin strain

eventually. A lot of times this injury doesn't come slowly over time like a hip flexor

injury would, but a lot of times will happen all at once. You'll feel this pop sensation

associated with pain on the inside part of your groin. Now, let's say this happens to you,

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