Blog Category – Muscular Pain
Hip Flexor Pain When Walking, Running, or Climbing Stairs: Causes and Treatment
Does the front of your hip hurt when you walk, run, or climb stairs? You might notice a sharp pain when lifting your knee, an uncomfortable pulling sensation in your groin, or an aching feeling that gets worse the longer you’re active.
Hip flexor pain can make even simple activities uncomfortable. And if you’re a runner, hiker, or someone who enjoys staying active, it can be particularly frustrating.
The good news is that many causes of hip flexor pain respond well to conservative treatment, including physical therapy.
Hip Flexor Pain or Hip Joint Pain? How to Tell the Difference
Do you have pain in the front of your hip or groin? You might assume you’ve strained your hip flexor or that your hip muscles are simply too tight.
But what if the pain isn’t coming from your hip flexors at all?
Pain in the front of the hip can originate from several different structures, including the hip flexor muscles and tendons, the hip joint itself, or even nearby areas such as the lower back.
Why Are My Hip Flexors So Tight? Why Stretching May Not Be the Answer
If your hip flexors always feel tight, your first instinct is probably to stretch them.
You may stretch before exercising, after sitting at your desk, or several times throughout the day. The stretch might feel good temporarily—but a few hours later, the tightness is back.
So why do your hip flexors keep feeling tight?
One important thing to understand is that a muscle that feels tight isn’t necessarily a muscle that simply needs to be stretched more.
How to Eliminate Recurrent Muscle Injuries (Sprains & Minor Tears)
Just the other day, a friend of mine called to ask me about some issues he was having with recurrent muscle issues.
Like me, Mark loves to play basketball…and now that he’s in his 40’s, some of his minor aches and pains are starting to catch up with him.
After injuring his calf muscle while playing basketball, he wanted to know what he could do to prevent these recurrent, annoying muscle sprains.
I’ll explain what I told Mark to do in today’s video. Enjoy!
Good Pain vs Bad Pain (How do you know?)
It’s not very common in my opinion, and in general pain should be something you want to avoid.
After all, pain is your body’s way of saying “stop it, something is wrong here!”
You may even recall an earlier blog post of mine where I discussed how the “No pain, no gain” mentality was getting so many people into trouble…
So again, in general, pain is something you want to avoid in life. And if you’ve been struggling with pain for an extended period, you definitely want to figure out the root cause of your pain so that you can eliminate it.
But like I said, once in a while, pain is actually a good thing.
The tricky part is this: trying to figure out the difference between “good pain” and “bad pain”.
There are 3 key points that will help you differentiate good pain from bad pain, which I’m going to discuss in today’s video.
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