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Wednesday, November, 11, 2009

Lower Back Groin Pain

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Referred Pain and Osteoarthritis

By Grant Cooper Health Expert

My groin hurts and my doctor told me I have hip arthritis. My hip doesn't hurt, how can my doctor be right?

 

Sometimes we experience pain in a part of the body that is not the actually causing the pain. This is called referred pain and it is quite common. For example, you may have heard that a sign of an impending heart attack can be shoulder and arm pain. Heart attacks don't always cause shoulder and arm pain. However, when the heart is injured, one of the places that pain can be experien...

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