What is the purpose of a groin?

What is the purpose of a groin?

Groins are shore perpendicular structures, used to maintain updrift beaches or to restrict longshore sediment transport. By design, these structures are meant to capture sand transported by the longshore current; this depletes the sand supply to the beach area immediately down-drift of the structure.

How does a groin prevent beach erosion?

It is designed to interrupt and trap the longshore flow of sand. Sand builds up on one side of the groin (updrift accretion) at the expense of the other side (downdrift erosion). If the current direction is constant all year long, a groin “steals” sand that would normally be deposited on the downdrift end of the beach.

Why are groins built in groups?

Humans try many ways to prevent or slow down beach erosion. Groins, usually built in groups known as “groin fields” perpendicular to the shore, trap sand between th placing large amounts of sand onto an eroded beach to bring the beach profile up to a more desirable level.

What does groin pain mean in a female?

Most common cause of groin pain for females A “groin strain” usually refers to torn or overstretched adductor muscles, which are located on the inside of the thigh. These types of groin injuries are usually the result of overuse or overexertion and are common among physically active people.

Do girls have a groin?

The groin area is located at the same place in men and women—at the junction where the upper body or abdomen meets the thigh. It is an area of the hip and is comprised of five muscles that work together to move your leg. The groin area can become painful and cause discomfort because of physical activities and sports.

What are the negative impacts of groynes?

Artificial structures such as groynes, breakwaters or reefs tend to modify longshore drift, and have adverse effects on adjacent beaches by causing downdrift erosion.

Are groins effective?

Groins are intended to trap sand moving in longshore currents. Both groins and jetties are very successful sand traps. If a groin is working correctly, more sand should be piled up on one side of the groin than on the other. The problem with groins is that they trap sand that is flowing to a neighboring beach.

What are the consequences of building a groin on a beach?

The negative impact of groins on downdrift shorelines is well understood. When a groin works as intended, sand moving along the beach in the so-called downdrift direction is trapped on the updrift side of the groin, causing a sand deficit and increasing erosion rates on the downdrift side.

How long does it take for groin pain to go away?

So the history is actually fairly classic here. So while the initial acute stabbing pain of a pulled groin can happen quickly, particularly when you’re exploding off the blocks or you twister you get tackled, and then it goes away within a few days and basically you return to normal.

What does it mean when you pull your groin?

Dr. Maak: Well, a person who’s prone to groin pulls and has a history of playing sports from their childhood and being told they pulled their groin, they pulled their groin, they pulled their groin and it never seems to get . . . it will go away temporarily, but then it comes back.

Can a groin pain be a hip impingement?

Dr. Maak: Absolutely. Dr. Miller: So, in summary, this groin pain may not actually be a groin pain, it could be an impingement in the actual hip joint itself and that that ought to be checked out if you have repetitive groin pains. Dr. Maak: That’s exactly right.

Are there any muscles in the groin area?

Yes, there are muscles, to your point, that you can literally pull in your groin. Those are called the adductor muscles. They are on the inside of your hip. Frankly, multiple groin pulls are not common.