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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: C3P0 Subject: RE: loss of coordination in leg Body: Like many of you, I suffered from debilitating stiffness and pressure in my hips when I ran, to the point of not being able to control where my leg would land in my stride. It usually started a couple miles into a run and ended when I could no longer lift my foot more than an inch off the ground and was forced to end my workout. Before I took time off running (about a year) I couldn't run more than 2 consecutive miles at 6:00 pace, or about 7 miles at recovery pace. Having run large mileage in college, this was very upsetting for me. Flash forward to this past weekend when I ran my first race in over a year, with no discomfort or feeling of loss of coordination. Here's the plan my physical therapist and I worked on for the past month (I wish I had gone sooner): 1. Making sure I used proper body mechanics: bending at the hips, using my knees to lift and sitting up straight while at work. 2. Working on strengthening my lower body: leg curls, hip sled and lunges. 3. A stretch I refer to as the "crazy hip stretch", where you are in the lunge position (one knee on the floor, one up), keeping your upper body vertical and elevating/arching/pointing your hips forward. I can tell you that the first week of doing this 3 times daily burned like crazy. It now is a lot better and can now hold this the full 30 seconds on each leg. I'm still a long way from being "recovered", but have made progress to the point of feeling optimistic about my running future again. After reading this thread, I hope many of you have found similar success and for those that have not, to not give up hope. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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