groin pain for 6 months

for the last 6 months i have been suffering with groin pain on my left hand side and feels like it is on the pubic bone. my symptoms are that it is sore when i ccrouch, squat, bend forward or stoop forward and also when i run. i have had physio treatment which did not help. so after 2 visits to the doctor i have had a ultrssound scan and a mri scan both of which have shown up nothing. i am getting extremely frustrated now and was wondering if there was any other options open to me which may help.

any advice would be much appreciated

many thx

I had something similar. Nearer 12 months. 

For me, it disappeared within the space of 10 days after someone told NOT to stretch before playing sport/running.  I was ignorant of the modern advice to do gentle dynamic warming up, and was following old fashioned advice to stretch muscles to prepare them for exercise.

It might not be relevant to you, but that's my story....  good luck with it.

infinity - you have to be careful with groin pain it could be a number of causes and it could possibly originate in the hip. I'm not saying this is definatey  it but its a possibility.

Ask your GP to refer you to dept of Sports Medicine and to be seen by the consultant specialist. The specialist may wish to send you for more diagnostic tests including an arthrogram and XrAY.

As you've had physio and and MRI has shown nothing I think this next step is more than justified.

I have been suffering from a condition called labral tear and femoroacetabular impingement. This started out as vague dull groin pain but after going through several hoops including a completely useless physio, ultrasound, MRI, a specialist eventually diagnosed FAI with labral tear having sent me for arthrogram and Xray. Don't want to unduly alarm you, and its incredibly frustrating and it could be other conditions/injuries, but you've got nowhere so far, time to step up assetiveness

Thx for the response park life. I have had also trouble with sore bursitis on my right hip and i do have snapping hip syndrome on my right hip which does not give of any grief just a loud noise which my other half cringes at

get your back looked at.

80% of groin pain has very little to do with the groin.....

The physio i did see noticed looking from behind did notice that my alignment was out from the top of one hip to the other. Also my psoas was very tight. He did improve those probs . Would it be better to see another physio or maybe a chiropractor. Do you have any recommendation for the south suffolk area

My symptoms seem exactly the same as yours to infinity and beyond.
Currently able to run through the discomfort but the following day my painful right hip and groin certainly restrict my movement. A further 24-48 hours later and it has cleared up until I run again.
I previously suffered with a tight IT band on my right leg, which was sorted by one physio visit and following some stretching exercises, all relatively quickly.
I think my problem is possibly associated with a back injury I suffered a few years ago (slipped disk L3/L4). When I started exercising and running last March/April I started using a personal trainer to work on strengthening my core. This did wonders for my back and I went months without any back pain (unless I did something stupid). I stopped using the personal training at the end if October and in all honesty my core exercises have ceased since. These problems started during December, previous to this my hip/groin were pain free.
I'm going to start working on my core and get back to my personal trainer in March, in the hope that my problem will clear up.

I have an arthritic hip, only diagnosed after X-ray, initial symptom was groin pain years earlier. I was told it could have been repaired without replacement if it had been seen to earlier. I only went to the doc after I injured the hip playing football.

Did they Ultrasound and MRI the hip joint at same time as checking groin?  There are orthopedic tests that physio should have done to differentiate between hip and groin (although none are 100% accurate).  The issues on outside of right hip as well as groin problem on left would make me think pelvic alignment issue and (lack of) movements in back/hip joints.

I am still waiting officially for my mri results to come (girlfriend had a sneaky look on her pc at hospital). I think they looked at my left hip and pelvis. Should get results back any day now and then speak to the doc and see what he says

Latest update. I have been referred to see a pain doctor grrrr. Feel like i am getting nowhere as i want to get the cause of the pain so i can get back to running again . Has anyone had any joy through a pain clinic? Love to hear your experience.