hip flexors

Hey all, happy new year first off. I've run into some hip flexor pain when I do squats. I'm 5'8" 165, I would say 8% bf. I squat 315x2, 275x8. My right hip flexor especially gets sore/ is always tender and I squat every tuesday, 135x15, 185x10, 225x10, 275x8, then 225 for reps for 2 sets. I omit the 315 as of late until I can get the 275 for 10. Even if I do a squat motion my hip flexors hurt, not enough to stop me but its annoying. I go parallel with all my weight, past with light weight. Should I do more stretchting prior to the squats? I only wrap my knees at 275+ and its not super tight.

you might have some bone spurs or your bursa sack is inflammed.Go to the doc and tell him about it and he might give you injections in the hip flexors

YEAH ALWAYS SEEK A MEDICAL ADVICE JUST TO DEFINE THE ISSUE. ALSO- DONT EVER THINK STRETCHING BEFORE A WORKOUT WILL HELP YOU. THATS A MYTH- WARM UP BY LIGHT EXERCISE GET BLOOD IN THE AREA- YOU STRETCH TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY POST EXERCISE. EVERY MAJOR MUSCLE PULL IVE EVER DEVELOPED WAS DONE STRETCHING SERIOUSLY. RIDE TREADMILL 10 MINUTES- THEN STRETCH .

Be careful with squats if they aggravate your hips. I had hip surgery in 2009 for hip impingement and torn labrum and doing squats absolutely killed this problem for me. If you start with any groin pain also, get that hip checked out.

First off are you warming up and preparing for you work out properly? cold Muscles, tight, compressed,... all could cause some type of strain or pain. Can you be a little more specific in you description, of just where, what and how it feels?


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I do light stretches, and the 135 warm up set where I go very low in my squats. The pain is at the top of the quad just below the hip bone..its not all the time, but I notice it when I put socks on obviously that movement stretches it. I never had the pain doing leg presses and its not enough to stop me from doing anything its just annoying. its raising my knee to my chest, that is when I can feel the inflammation. I'll probably go to the docs, but im sure they'll just tell me to stretch and rest..no love for the under 30 population haha

Most PCP dont know how to help, but they can diagnose with equipment or refer you to an orthopeadic physician, trust me my PCP saves half my appointment for training advice LOL. I guess when you have been through so many injuries you can learn to live and experience what the text books dont LOL. Stretching normally sought to heal - is normally not the issue. There may be a small tear or inflammation that benefits from light exercise. Seriously, dont over do it. Few of my martial art teachers were also orthopaedic docs- my tae kwon do teacher surprizingly of all ALWAYS talked of how too many people resort to stretching either at the wrong time or use the wrong kind and end up injuring themselves further. Just at least make sure you never never stretch aou cold muscle. People that stretch before they work out do it wrong- its that simple. Especially if you want to improve flexibility. Much of the current research supports this- you need to do mobility exercises for your hip area get the blood flowing - when you are done working out- perform static routine. If you have no pain and are able to perform dynamic movements- are you familiar? Fuzo and I were talking of them somewhere here

OK sorry I feel the need to assert one more point ha- Re-reading your initial post- to me just sounds like small injury that you may just need to temporarily work around. If it were me definately have it diagnosed to rule out any structural damage- right? If you were one of my work out buddies or students etc. I'd advise you to do another exercise for the same muscle that doesnt hurt for like a month or two, then revisit the squat. Its not a big deal if you dont squat and do leg presses of some sort for a month or two. I know some people feel they have to stay with the same thing, but im sure you know that changing things up is the best thing you can do to avoid staleness, avoid overuse injury and to cycle your training to encourage change. The human body thrives on homeostasis- change !!to resist change confuses and defeats us. PEACE- LOVE - GRANOLA