Sports Hernia Prevention & Adductor Tendon Injury Prevention
Of the injuries suffered by professional hockey players, injuries to the adductor tendons represent about 10% of the total. Hockey players with weak adductors have a much higher incidence of adductor muscle injuries. If an athlete is placed on a program that focuses on strengthening the adductor muscle group, the incidence of adductor injures falls by a factor of 5.
Warm up:
- Biking
- Adductor Stretches
- Side Lunges
- Pelvic tilts
- Strengthening
- Ball squeezes
- Concentric adduction
- Seated adduction
- Balance board
Source: Nicholas, Stephen J;Tyler, Timothy F. Adductor muscle strains in sport. Sports Med (2002) 32: 339-44.