Hip flexor problem

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allthatgliitters
allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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Hey guys, i have got problems with my hip flexor and socket! Everytime i lift my left knee to hip height my hip pops and i get a sharp pain in my groin! This subsides as soon as i lower my knee but it is causing problems when i workout! ... any ideas what is wrong? :'(
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  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    Help! :'(
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    See a doctor/physio
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
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    allthatgliitters wrote: »
    Hey guys, i have got problems with my hip flexor and socket! Everytime i lift my left knee to hip height my hip pops and i get a sharp pain in my groin! This subsides as soon as i lower my knee but it is causing problems when i workout! ... any ideas what is wrong? :'(

    you do need to see a doctor if the pain is sharp. it might be something as simple as impingement or mis-tracking that a physio can help you put right. but fwiw i can tell you that inflammation inside my hip capsule presented to me as a pain in the front of my hip, at the groin. i argued with my rheumatologist about it for two years before she shut me up with a cortisone shot inside the joint.

    hips are nothing to mess around with. i've only ever had 'mild' stuff from mine but even that can hand out some really big pain.
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    I dont know how i would have got that though... i am only 21 and have never done much exercise until this year... i used to be a keen horse rider but havent done that for 3 years
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    And it literally causes no trouble unless i raise my knee up to hip level
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    allthatgliitters wrote: »
    And it literally causes no trouble unless i raise my knee up to hip level

    Ignore it then and just never raise your knee that high.... :huh: :noway:
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    I raise it lots in my HIIT and kickboxing workouts
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    allthatgliitters wrote: »
    I raise it lots in my HIIT and kickboxing workouts

    Then see a doctor...
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    You are so helpful...
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    See your doctor. Really
  • mgalovic01
    mgalovic01 Posts: 388 Member
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    Could be nerve damage. I'd say work around it until it heals. You may also want to take a magnesium and B vitamin supplement, or eat foods rich in those things.
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    Seems like it could be internal snapping hip syndrome to me now i have done some research ☺
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    Sorry i even asked :|
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
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    Have you tried doing stretches for your hip flexor, hamstrings, lower back? My hip frequently pops out of joint and has a similar feeling, but stretching it helps prevent it when exercising and at other times I'm not trying to make it pop out.
  • allthatgliitters
    allthatgliitters Posts: 79 Member
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    MotherOfSharpei wrote: »
    Have you tried doing stretches for your hip flexor, hamstrings, lower back? My hip frequently pops out of joint and has a similar feeling, but stretching it helps prevent it when exercising and at other times I'm not trying to make it pop out.

    I do stretches most days just to loosen everywhere up, i will definitely take your advice and focus on those areas tomorrow... thank you lovely
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
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    You need an MRI. Please see a doctor and stop doing the movement that aggravates it until you do. If it's and injury, you could make it worse. If it's a strain, it's not going to get any better.

    You're young, is the exercise really worth a permanent, debilitating injury? That's what you could be heading towards. Being the youngest person to need a hip replacement isn't the kind of fitness record you want to be setting.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,209 Member
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    allthatgliitters wrote: »
    Seems like it could be internal snapping hip syndrome to me now i have done some research ☺

    It does sound like that.. especially if you do a lot of ab exercises or you sit a lot, both of which tighten the iliopsoas. Lay off the kickboxing & abs for awhile, and try this stretch every 2 hours for 30+ seconds:
    youtube.com/watch?v=YQmpO9VT2X4
    Once a day isn't enough. Set an alarm if you forget.

    If it doesn't improve soon, you might have a labral injury or something else going on, and you may need to see a specialist to get it sorted out.

    Post an update next week. :+1:
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,261 Member
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    allthatgliitters wrote: »
    Sorry i even asked :|

    Is there an issue with you going to the doctor.?
    I went because of hip issues, it was so painful.
    Had a bone scan to make sure all was ok. Mine wasn't even popping, that would have freaked me out
    Don't mess with your health if you want to carry on with hiit workouts.
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
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    Despite you getting cross at people who say it - the ONLY answer is to see a doctor. Googling and asking for advice from total strangers on the internet is dangerous and could cause you to end up in a wheelchair. Without proper examination and just going ahead and doing what someone suggests, could actually be aggravating YOUR problem which could result in irreversible damage. No knowledgeable person will suggest someone treats a condition in a certain way without examination. Someone may have had something that sounds the same and they did such and such that may have helped THEM, but what YOU have may not be that and you may well be damaging yourself by taking advice!

    TL;DR - rest until you see a doctor.

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