Quote Originally Posted by TheSportsPhysiotherapist View Post
Sounds excellent, I'm glad you like it.

Recurrent groin strains can be tricky. It sounds like you have concentrated on strengthening the adductor musculature, which is a great start. Some other things to consider and address are tightness in the hip abductors (which will cause overactivity in the adductors leading to strain), the athletes lumbopelvic stability (particularly core control), and adverse neurodynamics.

It's tricky without assessing the patient.

As for taping you may find success in the realm of kinesiotaping, whilst I do not have post-grad training in this, I am sure one of the readers will and could point you in the right direction. I have also found some anecdotal success using groin straps.

Hope this gives you some food for thought.

I definitely agree with all of the above.

However, have you looked into the type of boots he/she wears, assessed their kicking technique (with coaches if you can't do this yourself), what position do they play on the pitch, what is the turf like they train and or play on etc etc,

The reason why I ask these questions is that a lot of these problems get overlooked, and if you're going through the hassle of strengthening quads/hams etc without taking away the aggrevating factor first then this player will continue to get reinjured-as their past history shows.
Particularly look at their diagonal passing and crosses - ie where they're going through full hip flexion and adduction whilst kicking forcefully.
Every player on the pitch is different, so you need a good understanding of positional affects for your rehab - ie a left-sided and footed winger compared to a right-footed central defender go through different stresses in a match & kicking a ball.

I'd also get them to wear a pair of 'skins' (cycling shorts even) for matches and see if that improves as compression generally aids thigh/groin strains.
Also great post-match rehab is yet again in skins, with an ice bath, followed by pnf, a warm bath, pnf and an ice bath.
All my players go through this / know to if they get a muscle strain.