Flexibility exercises hip flexors
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Hip flexors are a group of skeletal muscles that act to flex the femur onto the lumbo-pelvic complex, i.e., pull the knee upward.
The hip flexors are considered to be the most important muscle in the running process.The hip flexors are more suseptible to tears if not strengthened when sprinting or kicking footballs.
I have spasticity in my hip flexors...well I think it is spasticity. The flexors that are effected become very hard and painful and it feels like my hips are turning forward. The right side is definately worse. The more I walk, the more tired my legs get. I mentioned to my neuro that I had leg weakness. He tested my strength and said I have good strength. So is this just muscle fatigue and spasticity as opposed to weakness?
I talked him into letting my try PT which I start Friday.
Low back pain often occurs because of the tight hip flexors. These are muscles which support spine at the lower area? they help you to balance, sit and stand and support the core of your body. There is a great exercise program which i found on the internet, called Unlock your Hip Flexors and it really works. No more back pain. I advise you to try it.
I started running in April. The hip tendonitis flared up after that. It's in the crease of the leg where the joint is. Once in awhile itnis bursitis on the outside of the hip. I started a new job unloading trucks and the hip tendonitis got out of control. I stopped running but kept the job. It improved. I tried eliptical after two weeks off and at the end of the work week I was back to severe pain. I am working on strengthening my glutes and hip abductors.
Leg lifts, lifting light weights are fine(under 12 lbs it says) pelvic tilts against a wall, hip flexors, squats. You can walk, or even jog if you normally exercise, yoga, pilates, etc. There are a bunch of different ways to stretch and exercise. Just dont over exert yourself and stay very hydrated.
I have been sore right around both of my gluteus Maximus muscles since December. The muscle is very tight and seems to be restricting the movement of my lower lumbar. It's uncomfortable to sit even for short periods of time as there is a dull pain from my glutes down the back of my legs. I have been to a spinal PT and I temporarily felt better but not much. He focused only on my spine and said my movement was very limited for a 27 year old.
I think you are absolutely right. Tight hip flexors are the reason that stretch usually hurts. Don't push it, you don't want to hurt yourself. However, I'd start to try to stretch (gently) your hip flexors specifically. Here's an article that has 5 stretches to try. https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/fitness-hip-flexor-stretches#1 My son is a runner and soccer player. He had a hip flexor issue. He iced it and used arnica cream on it too.
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This time a PTA in the clinic felt the main problem was coming from tight hip flexors and a hypermobile SI joint. I was doing better with the exercises she gave me. Now to my current situation. In June I had a bout of vertigo so I had blood work done. My GP concluded that I probably have hashimoto's. I have been underactive for several years. She did not change my synthyroid dosage. Ever since the vertigo I have felt weaker and hip flexors seem to be tighter again.
researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, found out that subjects who performed passive or assisted stretching exercises showed no improvements in how they performed functional movement patterns, such as lunging, reaching and extending their hip from a standing position. They concluded that even though stretching did improve hip flexibility, there was no carryover to how well they move.
I have had intense pain on my lower back and hip flexors and my stomach has been tight all day along with cramping in my lower abdomine and i feel like I'm about to we my pants, but nothing comes out when i try to go...im 38+4 and am being induced this coming Tuesday, unless this is actual labor....
IF you have a dodgy hip it is possibly related to it because foot drop is commonly associated with hip problems, hip flexors often end up weaker than other leg muscles so might be worth getting your physio to check if it is stemming from your hip or not, there are strengthening exercises, AFO's etc that can help compensate or even reverse the problem.
But my concern is that using a desk cycle instead will only tighten my hip flexors more and exacerbate rather than improve the problems I already have. I may eventually get both a cycle and a treadmill, and alternate between the four (sit-stand-cycle-treadmill), or is the tightening effect of the cycle a big enough concern that I should ditch it entirely?
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