Confusing leg problems

I've been having different problems with my left leg since October now.. and physios have been unable to work out what exactly is going on...


I tore my satorius (grade 1) on October 10th 2011.... It took around a month to recover & for symptoms to dissapear mostly.

Then on the 23rd January I woke up with absolute agony in my groin. I could not move my leg without pain and my physio at the time diagnosed me with an inguinal ligament strain. There was no apparent reason for it happening, all I could link it with potentially was my increased number of leg raises in training. However, within 2 days all symptoms had COMPLETELY dissapeared. It was a bit of a mystery as to what exactly had happened.


Then starting on the 12th February, I had tight hip flexors which were treated, but 2 days later a horrible bruising feeling was present on my quad. There was no visable bruising, however the bruising feeling and tenderness whenever I touch it has been there for over 2 weeks now. It doesn't give me much if any grief in most movement patterns, but at 1 point when I was working on my legs the bruising feeling spread down to just above my knee. It has since dissapeared from there, but is still present in my leg. I would love to know what's going on, as the season for my sports starts in a month and I would love to get back to full health to finish my preparation for the season :(



Thanks

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May I ask how your tear was diagnosed?

It appears that your problems would be related to the sartorius tear certainly. Whenever there is an injury/insult to a specific area there is maladaptive movement patterns, pain inhibition, and scar tissue/tightening in the area. In this case you may have an associated ligament sprain, but most likely spasm/tightness, and abnormal muscle tone. You may even want to get an MRI to confirm the consequences of the tear. I would be concerned about iguinal injury when you speak about stomach pain. Can be associated hip flexor problem or other issue