COPENHAGEN ADDUCTION EXERCISE
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A recently published article described a simple exercise routine that decreased the number of groin injuries in male footballers by 41%.
Groin injuries are very common in football. Research shows that weaker groin muscles are associated with an increased risk of groin muscle injury. So strengthening groin muscles can potentially prevent injury.
The paper studied the Copenhagen Adduction exercise, which has previously been shown to strongly recruit adductor longus.
Haroy et al, offered the Copenhagen at three levels of resistance, based of the players’ pain. Players started with Level 3. If the exercise gave them more than 3/10 pain, they were instructed to do the exercise level below instead:
Being only one, quick exercise, compliance was high. They found performing the Copenhagens decreased the risk of groin injury by 41%.
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