We had already been deprived of Olivier Giroud, Sead Kolasinac, Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny and, of course, Santi Cazorla before the Premier League draw against Chelsea on Tuesday, and then Granit Xhaka was also added to the list after that game after suffering groin strain. (justarsenal.com)
There are preliminary indications that hip adductor strengthening programs may be beneficial for reducing the incidence of adductor - related groin strain injury (Engebretsen et al. 2008; Hölmich et al. 2010; see review by Esteve et al. 2015) and also that wearing compression shorts may be beneficial for reducing the load on the adductor longus during return to sport post-injury, by virtue of reducing the muscle activity during cutting actions (Chaudhari et al. 2014). (strengthandconditioningresearch.com)