Groinus Painus

I am quite bummed this morning. I took 3 days off of running because I've felt a slight soreness, not pain, in my left groin area. It started last week or so and has been intermittent. My thought was that I'd recently taken my core workouts/stretching up to 3 times a week and maybe I'd overstretched something? Seems doubtful since these things are supposed to prevent injury, however it's really the only new variable. The other new variable is an increase in outside running, but since I'm not pounding concrete in vibrams, I don't think that is it either. Sunday, I felt fine with no soreness.

A running log is a funny thing btw. This year I started putting in commentary per run in my log. My run yesterday felt easy and slow, whereas 2 weeks ago, the same run/time felt fast and fresh. It's fascinating how the brain interprets things. Anyway, I did feel my left groin yesterday running. Can't say it hurts, but it lets me know it's there if that makes any sense. This morning it is also clearly there. If I stand straight and lift my left knee up as far as it will go, I can feel a tight soreness right where my thigh meets my body.

Reading online about groin injury is a depressing subject.

" had this pain for 21 months, spent thousands on rehab and it's still here!"

"Doctors can't find/ misdiagnosed/ keep searching/ just told me to rest."

and plenty of forums questions about the pain that are only answered once with someone saying, not sure, try this.

Course you have to take this with a grain of salt as the internet is clearly a place where worst case scenario often makes itself the most visible. Perhaps I just need to rest a bit more and this will all heal up and I can move on? Maybe I should try stretching it out before and after and reduce mileage to see how it goes? Maybe I should go see a sportsmed doc?

I really don't know at this point. I think I will opt for more rest and see what happens.