Can a lower back injury cause pain in the abdomen and groin area?
In short, yes it can but that doesn’t mean it is. The first thing to do is check with your GP that it isn’t disease related. If s/he is sure it’s mechancial then your best bet is to see a physiotherapist or sports injuries therapist who understands a lot about biomechanics. Tight hip flexors (ie the quadruceps and muscles in your groin) can tilt your plexis, for example and cause strain in your lower back. Equally a weakness in your lower back may have led to other muscles – such as your hip flexors – tightening or compensating. The body is meant to work in balance with groups of muscles relaxing and contracting in tandem. That means when a weakness occurs there will be a knock on effect. A decent therapist should be able to see from a visual assessment and palpation whether the muscular realtionship is working as you suggest. An alternative is that your herniated disc is causing pressure on the sacral plexus (nerves) which if memory serves also serve the genital area; or the lumbar pl
