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Upper thigh and groin strain.  starstarstarstarstar
I am in mid-sixties and female, I was exercising(leg lifts, standing upright), when I noticed a strain in my upper left thigh and groin area.
Morning ...

Trochanteric Bursitis  starstarstarstarstar
I injured my hip by falling of a 5 ton truck a year and a half ago. I was told to rest it by the military doctors and did so for approximately two months ...

Hip Flexor (pain after inactivity)  starstarstarstarstar
I believe I have a hip flexor injury. I have seen a doctor
but he has yet to diagnose the problem. I am on pain medication
and muscle relaxors. My pain ...

Hip pain (kicking, internal / external rotation)  starstarstarstarstar
I am a 55 yo male,right footed, playing soccer with my kids. I miss hit a passing kick with my left leg, hitting the ground instead. My leg was externally ...

Question - Soccer injury (hip weakness/pain)  starstarstarstarstar
I feel as if I might have torn either one or many hip flexor muscles on my left side. The injury occurred during a soccer match and I had difficulty lifting ...

Hip Flexor Injury or Not  starstarstarstarstar
Okay. I'm an athlete and I run ALOT! Just recently I have been experiencing severe pain in the hip area. It hurts to walk. I'm really not sure if its a ...

Question - Hip pain   starstarstarstarstar
carrying my 10 month old and 20 pound grand child is too much for me. the front of my hip,closer to the groin ,and the rear of my left hip ,closer to the ...

Hip Pain (Right Leg)  starstarstarstarstar
I was doing leg stretching in taekwondo in July.
I had my leg up on my partners shoulder as he slowly went higher.
I had done this many times without ...

9 year old girl unable to walk - hip flexors are extremely weak  starstarstarstarstar
My daughter has not been able to walk for almost 3 weeks - after a karate class, her legs were aching severely and she collapsed and hasn't walked since....

Hip flexor or pointer  starstarstarstarstar
My daughter was hurt last year in a basketball game, Ortho. doctor thought she had fractured her hip, but MRI did not show this so he told her to rest ...

Does this sound like a hip flexor injury?  starstarstarstarstar
I'm 40, 6'2" and about 300lb and not extremely active. No specific "injury" occurred, but my left hip-actually the front/top of the thigh- feels like ...

hip pain  starstarstarstarstar
Hello. I have the strangest hip pain. When I sit or stand pain subsides. When I stand or walk normally it hurts, sometimes an 8 on the pain scale....

Quadricep Question (severity of injury?)  starstarstarstarstar
So I just strained my quad muscle in a baseball game. I had no bruising or swelling but I am unable to walk. I have no initial pain while resting but I ...

hip flexor - when to return to sport  starstarstarstarstar
My daughter has a hip flexor strain from soccer. She has been off the sport now for 5 days. The pain has subsided. Is it safe for her to warm up, stretch ...

Help! Hip Flexors? Adductors?   starstarstarstarstar
I really hope you can help.

I'm having a big problem with my hips. I have virtually no flexibility when trying to open my legs in the box splits position....

Question - Hip Injury (football)  starstarstarstarstar
My son, now 17, first injured his hip flexor playing football when he was 13. This past Friday during a game he has now (re)injured it. We have worked ...

Question - Hip Flexor Strain?  starstarstarstarstar
This morning I did a squat jump and felt pain in my outer hip flex region. It is not painful if I lift my knee to my chest, but any lateral movement is ...

Pain in front inside of upper thigh.  starstarstarstarstar
I am training to run my first marathon, and my longest run as been 19.5 miles. After that run I began experiencing pain in the upper portion of my left ...

Question - Trochanteric Bursitis  starstarstarstarstar
One day while playing tennis I injured my hip. In an instant I felt severe pain in the trochanteric area on the outside of my hip. It didn't extend into ...

Question - Hip Injury (tennis)  starstarstarstarstar
I'm a 45 year old male in very good physical condition. About 6 weeks ago I was playing tennis and was walking to retrieve a ball. I took a step to the ...

Mid Back Muscle spasms  starstarstarstarstar
My seventeen year old plays Volleyball and is having a chronic problem with mid back muscle spams. What can you suggest ? I have been told by several ...

Pain in the hip with cracking noise...  starstarstarstarstar
Thanks for your informative website! I'd be very grateful for your feedback in my case. I'm 36 yrs, very active and teach yoga. For about a year I've experienced ...

Question - Hip Popping   starstarstarstarstar
my hip pops when i walk, run, or do anything. im 16 and play field hockey. i dont know what to do to help my hip but it hurts very badly.

Any suggestions?...

Question - Hip (hip flexor injury with golf)  starstarstarstarstar
7 weeks ago I injured my self with a golf swing the club went into the ground and my left hip kept going. I felt a quick burn in my hip flexor area. I ...

How long should an injury to a hip take to heal?  starstarstarstarstar
Two weeks ago, while running, I began to have hip pain. The pain was so intense I was barely able to bear weight on my left side. I continued to work ...

Question - Recovery Time (hip flexor injury)  starstarstarstarstar
My 14 yr old son has a hip flexor injury. Not severe, but enough to cause him to limp after he runs hard. His doctor told him to rest for a few days before ...

Question - Hamstrings (off season strengthening)  starstarstarstarstar
I've been having trouble with my hamstrings all season long. I strained both throughout the season, I play arena football.Now its the off season and my ...

Question - Back/Hip Pain (car accident)  starstarstarstarstar
I was involved in a car accident five months ago and have had back and hip pain ever since. My physical therapist thought that I have sacroiliac joint ...

Nerve Type Symptoms and Numbness Over the Knee  starstarstarstarstar
I am a 35 year old male who has undergone hip resurfacing back in January,things are moving really well on the operated side and no one would really know ...

My Daughter (hamstring pain with basketball)  starstarstarstarstar
My 10 year old daughter is complaining with her right hamstring hurting during basketball practice,and during basketball games. What can i do to ease ...

Hip Flexor Troubles (soccer two per days)  starstarstarstarstar
I'm a senior in high school and I just started having problems with my hip flexor this week during my soccer doubles. I was wondering what I should do ...

Hip Flexor injury  starstarstarstarstar
I think I have pulled my hipflexor muscle while doing sprints. It flared up 1.5 days after I did the run. That was 3 weeks ago. I did some light running ...

Question - Lunges (pain in front of hip)  starstarstarstarstar
I have been doing lunges. I've noticed a feeling of a pinched nerve near the front of my hip bone where the quad meets the hip. What can I do to relieve ...

Hip pain for years  starstarstarstarstar
I am a very active soccer player and i will be going to college for soccer this coming fall, but every time i run long distances or kick a ball just a ...

Question - Numbness In Dermal Area of Thigh  starstarstarstarstar
After 20 years away from water skis I tried to do a deep water start. I failed after four tries i developed a "charly horse" in my right buttock and called ...

Question - Hip Injury (lateral pain)  starstarstarstarstar
I have a sharp occasional pain on the outside of my hip (where my hand touches when standing). It sometimes hurts to put weight on it (i.e. leaning over ...

Question - Hip Flexor (martial arts injury)  starstarstarstarstar
I was injured last Saturday (my nephew is a Marine and was showing me his martial arts moves - swept my front leg out from under me while my weight was ...

Question - Quad Injury  starstarstarstarstar
We live in rural East Texas. My son is an exceptional 200 & 400 meter sprinter. He pulled/strained his quad 10 days ago. We followed the trainers advice ...

Question - Lower Back (flexibility)  starstarstarstarstar
Hello there, I think this site is a terrific idea and you have tons of useful info. My question is this.

I have had a discectomy on my lower back ...

Strain, Tight or Over Stretched???? Hip Flexors.  starstarstarstarstar
I know that I have a problem with my hip flexors. I just am not sure which problem I have.

I am a Yoga Teacher and also teach Body Definition. Quite ...

Question - Hip Pain  starstarstarstarstar
My nephew is 13 years old and very active in sports,especially baseball. He also has been roller blading a lot lately.

He is experiencing pain in his ...

Question - IT band  starstarstarstarstar
I have had problems with my hip and IT band, especially my right knee. I tend to have a throbbing pain at the side of the knee. Turning my hips will ...

Question - Lunges and Tailbone Pain  starstarstarstarstar
When I do lunges, I get excruciating pain in my tailbone, only when I lunge on my right leg. I usually just do body weight squats and that doesn't bother ...

Question - Lunges and Pain  starstarstarstarstar
Hi!

I have just started a Russian Kettlebell class. Part of the routine (after extensive warm ups) include lunges.

I am NOT using any weight at ...

Question - Hip Flexor Pain  starstarstarstarstar
I have had psoas problems for a couple of years now. I just finished playing college soccer and it seems that the pain is even more frequent.

I stretch ...

Flexibility Solutions: Lower Body  starstarstarstarstar
I could not locate the free download Flexibility Solutions: Lower Body that you mention on your website and I looked all over.
Please help.
Thanks....

horseback riding and hip pain  Not rated yet
Hi-
I am a saddle fitter, and I am very interested in learning more about human hip and pelvis anatomy with regards to finding saddles that are correct ...

Numbness related to hip flexor?  Not rated yet
I'm a runner and think I have strained something in my right hip flexor. Though I didn't think it was severe I've noticed some weakness in the area over ...

muscle strain  Not rated yet
i'm 27 yrs old. about 2 yrs ago i had my first hip replacement. i had hip displasia at birth so a replacement was long overdue. the first year was great....

Question - hip flexor  Not rated yet
I ran a half marathon 5 weeks ago and I am still having pain and weakness in right hip area. I really want to run again. Should I see a DR. or just rest ...

lower back injury  Not rated yet
I am a 76 year old male. After doing some hoeing in the yard about two weeks ago I began experiencing transient pain in the lower right side of my back....

HIp flexor/adductor injury  Not rated yet
I have a gradual onset pain in my right groin that sometimes radiates up to my hip. It gives me pain when I walk, though only low grade pain, nothing ...

Question - Injured Hip-Flexor  Not rated yet
Two days ago,I pulled my right illiacus muscle during a match. Since physio yesterday ,it has shown considerable improvement, so am wondering what my chances ...



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