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I feel like I have had this injury since August last year, but it never stops me running completely.  Definitely overuse as I stepped up my training massively in August last year in preparation for the GNR, whilst on holiday was doing a lot of miles early morning and the pain came on after 3 or 4 days.  Since then I have iced, had massage, but never rested completely and although I would say it sometimes feels better it never feels gone.  Do the drop step stretch a lot, have to in the morning as I sometimes cannot walk, but when I stretch it the pain eases significantly.  Not painful enough to stop me running but I know I know I could be doing more damage, how do you sake this off full stop??

Alex

 Thank you for your comments, I believe you are probably correct but even a grade 2 strain should take a maximum of 8 weeks to heal and this is showing no signs of letting up, I'll leave it another couple of weeks and then I think I will try a light run and see how it goes.

 Thanks again.

Robin

Runners World Colleagues.....Help!!!

 Starting running again actively in February this year and have since shed nearly 2 stones in weight and feel the best I have for many years.  I have a really stressful job and therefore running has become my release.

However, this has all come to an abrupt halt over the past 4-6 weeks just when I was gearing up to put in serious miles over the Xmas break.

I cannot shake off a groin injury and no matter what stretches I try or heat/ice treatment and physio it just does not budge.

Can anybody shed any light on what I could try or what experience of the same problem you have.  Up until 6 weeks ago I was running with slight pain but this became unbearable where I simply had to stop training, this is really getting me down and I need a fix....quick!!!