How to avoid Hip Pains

raler

Hi,

Is there any way to avoid hip pains, which I see as being my biggest obstacle in running my first marathon this year ? Did the Meath Half yesterday in a decent time, but at this distance I invariably always feel it worst in the hips. anything I can strenghten to avoid this ?

Cheers,
R

chinguetti

Go to a physio and find out where the problem is/are. They'll give you exercises/stretches to strengthen up the hips or wherever your problems are and do what the physio tells you.

ecoli

We do not give out medical advice. Injuries may have common symptoms but are unique to the individual - just because you were able to keep training with X injury or were out for months because of Y doesn't mean that the same will apply to someone else. Bad advice given here and followed through could aggravate an injury and prevent an athlete making a full recovery in as rapid a time as possible. This restriction is Boards-wide and purposely heavy-handed. So don't feel offended if your thread about a sprained ankle (which you may deem "non-medical") gets locked.

Mod: as poster says before go seek professional advice. Hip pain can have a wide range of causes. No one here will be able to accurately tell the cause. I will leave thread open if you want to look for recommendations for someone in your area but will be closed if people start with medical advice

raler

Maybe I should've posed the question: what exercises to do to avoid hip injury, but thanks anyway. It's more a niggle after a long run rather than out and out pain, but I'll check with a physio.