Groin/Hipflexor pain

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6 years ago 02/09/2018 11:56am EST

I am a high school runner (Jr.) and have been running for 1 year now with a 4:41 1600 and 16:50 5k (xc), i have never been over 40 miles a week and was coming off of a breakthrough season in cross country. I started up training again with a weeks rest after state (because i collapsed before the finish and had all sorts of troubles) and trained consistently for around 1 month, getting up to about 35 miles weekly. I came down with the flu and was out for 6 days and on the second or third day back running, the front of my hip became really sore and started to develop a disconnected kind of feeling whenever i lift up my knee to my chest (it pops a little). It has been going on for 2 weeks (i figured id take some time off and strengthen and stretching my legs because I'm 6 foot 3 and 160 lbs) and the pain persisted. After every run it would hurt all around my hip for 24 hours and then the pain would go away, but come back immediately when running again. I have gotten x-rays and they did not show anything. Has anyone heard of this kind of injury or experience anything like it? if so what did you do to get over it, and how serious is this?

6 years ago 02/09/2018 12:26pm EST

re: charliewerth

Femoral neck stress fracture or labral tear? I would go see a sports physio to rule out those two possibilities. It could be something as minor as an inflammation in the joint in any event go see a specialist not a general physician.

6 years ago 02/09/2018 12:51pm EST

re: Donut Dan

I have heard about the femoral neck stress fracture but i figured the x-rays not finding anything would be a sign that im clear for that, is that not the case?

6 years ago 02/09/2018 1:06pm EST

re: charliewerth

I had a strained hipflexor (at the left side) lasted about 4-5 months before it has completely healed. Mine seems not as severe as OP's though. I would feel the dull pain when I start the warm up jogging, then it disappeared after and would come back when I picked up the pace to say tempo pace. On one easy run, at about 10 miles, I started to feel the gluteus getting sore, then a few second later, my right foot just hurt really bad without any obvious reasons.

I went to have 3 ART (active release technique) sessions, they seemed to help a bit. One thing about the ART is that I would feel soreness at my core (especially buttock) even I rested for several days. After 3 ART sessions in 6 weeks, I still felt the hip pain. I started to do two things: first, some dynamic warm up before the run, like leg swing, lunge, it helped a bit; second, got a electrotheraphy device and applied it everyday, I believe this helped to heal my hip.

6 years ago 02/09/2018 1:27pm EST

re: charliewerth

charliewerth wrote:
I have heard about the femoral neck stress fracture but i figured the x-rays not finding anything would be a sign that im clear for that, is that not the case?

The thing about stress fractures is they rarely show up on basic xrays they are found usually during MRIs (which are not the most affordable diagnostics), but they're a lot more accurate at getting the correct diagnosis.

I'm only putting the idea of a sfx out there because of your description you gave. Now, you could very well have something like the other poster said and have sprained it. Maybe it has nothing to do with your hip but you might have some kind of impingement of a nerve and you're just feeling a trigger point. In any event you should see a sports physio soon, so you can start taking the right steps to get healed faster and get back to normal training faster. Unfortunately, as runners we're constantly trying to ride the fine line between training hard and avoiding injuries.

6 years ago 02/09/2018 6:57pm EST

re: Donut Dan

thanks so much for your input! I'm seeing a sports med doctor on wednesday and probably will get an MRI and if it shows nothing, then physical therapy im guessing.

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