Pulled groin, options?

I recently started stronglifts, and I just finished my 5th week (started with the bar/lowest weights recommended by Mehdi). Unfortunately, I've pulled a muscle. From the info I've been able to find, I believe it to be the adductor longus. I think I know what caused it. The gym I go to only has 3 squat racks - 2 racks and 1 cage. The 2 racks have fixed safety rails, and if I go down too far, the bar smack the rails. I typically used these because the cage always seemed to be taken. Using these racks, I noticed I wasn't always going deep enough, not always hitting parallel. I came in Monday, and the cage was open. I took the cage, and started doing ass to grass squats. I never noticed a pop, but I think the change from going not quite parallel to ATG is what caused me to pull/strain it. After my workout, I felt pain in my upper inner thigh connecting to my groin. I could still feel a little pain on Tuesday, but by Tuesday night it had pretty much gone away. On Wednesday, I got the cage again, did my warm up sets (bar x 5, 65lbs x 5) and I could feel some pain then. I decided to push through the pain and do my 5 sets. I had to do 5 minute rests between each set because of the pain. But by Thursday morning, I didn't feel anything. Today, I warmed up for 7 minutes on a stationary bike and did my two warm up sets. I could feel it a little bit, but it really wasn't painful. I loaded up for my first set at full weight (115lbs), did one rep and stopped. It hurt, and I knew I wouldn't be able to do them without hurting myself more.

I want to make sure I take the time to let it heal properly, but I recently started lifting, and I don't want to stop right now. What should I do? Should I continue the stronglifts program without doing the squats? That way, everything else progresses, but I allow my groin to heal. Should I do other leg exercises (even if they're with a machine) for now? Once it's healed I can pick up squats at the same weight where I left off. Or, should I do a completely different program that isn't centered around squats?

tl/dr: Pulled groin, what exercises should I do while I wait for it to heal?

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