Help! C25K Week 7 Hip Pain

alohabrie

Last night I completed C25K Week 7, Day 1. I ran 25 minutes (almost killed me) and the last 5 minutes I started feeling some hip pain. Last night and this morning I'm in significant pain - not your normal "hey, I can tell I worked out" pain.

Before I started C25K I searched on MFP - and took everyone's advice:
* Got great shoes fitted at a sports shop
* I'm going majorly slow (4.2 on the treadmill)
* I'm stretching before and after
* I'm taking rest days and only doing the three days a week it calls for

I decided to take Aleve and I've been trying to stretch out the hip area - but I would LOVE it if someone could share what they've done to help this or best yet - avoid this. I don't want to stop running this program - I really want to finish! Help!

Im_NotPerfect

It might be your IT band. Very common pain for runners (and fast walkers...). Look up some stretches for that specific area and try those. Once I started doing them, I noticed a significant improvement in my hip pain.

alohabrie

Thank you! I'll do that.

lkarinal

I had the same problem last week, lukewarm bath and icy hot patch in my hip solved the problem. Streching my hips in my warm up has helped me tremendously also. Hope you feel better