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Hip flexor pain

  • 03-07-2016 2:27am
    #1
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭


    I recently completed the Couch to 5K programme and was starting to really enjoy running, but then I started to develop a niggling pain in (I think) my right hip flexor - the pain is located on the thick band you can feel when you lift your knee upwards towards your chest, where the leg joins the torso. When I brought my leg forward it would twinge and eventually I had to stop, and walk home. It's now been about 3 weeks and it hasn't improved massively.

    I foam rolled the area the evening of that run, and woke up the next morning in quite a lot of pain. Since then I've been afraid to foam roll in case I somehow make it worse - maybe I went too hard on the sore area? Or is pain a good sign?! :confused: I also try to ice the area regularly and try to stretch it regularly too using a few different stretches (one was posted in the Running for Beginners thread). While it doesn't hurt as much now as the initial few days after that run/foam roll, if I've been walking for a bit I can feel the area twinging and aching a bit, which suggests to me that I'm not quite ready to start running again. Or, should I go out and try a very slow run and try and push through? As I'm quite new to running I'm scared both of doing damage by trying to push on with the kind of strain/injury I have, but I'm also conscious that as a relatively new runner I'm probably going to lose that fitness I built up for Couch to 5k quite quickly. I've been doing some circuits (light on the legs) and swimming in the meantime with almost no problems with those activities, but it would be a shame to 'lose' the running so to speak.

    Any experiences or advice is welcome. Should I completely rest & do nothing for a period, or do I push on? Thanks all, from a frustrated newbie :o


Comments

  • #2
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Go see a Physio, they will tell exactly what's up and how to deal with it.


  • #3
    BelleOfTheBall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭BelleOfTheBall


    Invest in a good pair of tackies I mean top brands and get checked for your arches in the shop. They have machines to tell you. I got a pair of asics and made a huge difference. Diffinateiy speak to gp or physio. Also look at diet for muscles etc to build on them. Let us know how u got on


  • #4
    All or nothing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭All or nothing


    tang1 wrote: »
    Go see a Physio, they will tell exactly what's up and how to deal with it.


    Tang is right, go see a physio. I had what I thought was a problem with my groin last year. The physio diagnosed it as a hip impingement. He gave me a strengthing program to follow
    (which I still do twice a week). I have had no problems since.


  • #5
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭gutenberg


    Thanks all. Usually a physio would be my first port of call but as I'm in the UK, if I wanted to use the NHS physio service there's a 12-week waiting list in my area :O I guess I should just suck it up and pay privately - hopefully it's not so serious an issue to require tons of sessions.

    I should also say that I wear orthotics in my shoes, for flat feet. They're custom-made ones, and I wear them all the time, not just for running. They are about 4 years old now so maybe it's time to think about getting a re-assessment, as things do change; I also lost a good bit of weight recently so the biomechanics may have shifted.


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