Treatment
Strains of muscles and ligaments are one of the most common causes of pain in the inguinal ligament. The most important therapeutic approach is to protect the hip for a sufficiently long time. Inflammations can also subside at rest.
In the acute phase, a combination of protection, compression, cooling and elevation should be used to prevent swelling and pain. Other causes of pain require individual therapies. The frequently occurring inguinal hernia, for example, often requires surgical treatment. Inflammations, on the other hand, can in most cases be treated conservatively with analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. The therapeutic range of hip joint diseases, on the other hand, is highly dependent on the symptoms and includes conservative, drug-based and surgical measures.
Duration
The duration of inguinal ligament pain can vary considerably and depends on the severity of the injuries or diseases of the anatomical structures in the region of the inguinal ligament. Strains of the groin, ligament, tendon and muscle injuries can already take on very different healing processes. Slight strains can be relieved within a few days with sufficient protection.
Severe strains or even fiber tears of individual muscles, on the other hand, can cause complaints for months. Chronic courses over more than 6-12 months are also possible. An example of this is degenerative diseases of the hip joint, the pain of which often does not subside until after the fitting of a prosthesis.
However, pain can also persist for different lengths of time in other diseases of the organs in the groin area. It is always important to eliminate the cause of the pain in addition to drug therapy. As a rule, the pain usually subsides of its own accord within a short time.
