When I make lateral sideway movement (see http://tinyurl.com/69jd4yo) with my right leg (or lean too much on my right leg when doing movements with the left leg) I feel strong lateral pain. Position is about 1-2 inch to the right from the front-top of the thigh and at the height where the pockets of pants are.
Something like the top of the middle of “rectus femoris muscle” on this picture http://tinyurl.com/4hu3c73.
Also, makes it very difficult for me to do something like this: http://tinyurl.com/6zy867u, as I need to change the orientation of my feet to be able to bend frontaly. Like I need to bypass - go over the thighs.
I thought it was from doing too much squat, but the pain does not go away even if I stop.
How is your hip flexor musculature? If you lack poor tissue quality and mobility, it can cause your symptoms during your activity. Also, if your psoas is underactive, the rectus femoris and other hip flexors have to make up for it. Another thing to look at is proper gluteal strength to maintain proper force patterns and balance within your hip joint.
Have you started with any hip mobility drills? Or glute/hip extensor activation work? Another thing may just be technique during your lift as well.
[quote]LevelHeaded wrote:
How is your hip flexor musculature? If you lack poor tissue quality and mobility, it can cause your symptoms during your activity. Also, if your psoas is underactive, the rectus femoris and other hip flexors have to make up for it. Another thing to look at is proper gluteal strength to maintain proper force patterns and balance within your hip joint.
Have you started with any hip mobility drills? Or glute/hip extensor activation work? Another thing may just be technique during your lift as well.[/quote]
Thank you for your answer.
I am doing regular flexibility exercises done at Taekwondoo practices. Have been doing them for a awhile and not noticed any improvement. In pain or flexibility (which is very poor). Before Taekwoondoo I played football and I feel I lost a lot of felxibility there and gained muscular size (also in the gym). I had a break from squats for more thant 6 months doing Ross’s bodyweight exercises and similar and have not noticed improvements.
The only things that helped for a while was doing lateral streching early in the morning, will have to try that again but it seems like a short term help.
Concerning your question, I have no idea how is my hip flexor musculature. I get no pain doing squats, running, front activity with my leg or any other activity which does not include lateral movement of my leg, or the stretching like the one in the original post and similar. I do get the same pain in the left leg, but to a smaller degree. Hope I explained properly the exact position of where the pain is and when it occures?
I want to deal with this finally but have no idea what to do. I doubt a regular doctor would know anything but give me an advice to rest. And I am in a foreign country currently. I would appreciate any drills or streching or advice you could throw my way.
I am doing regular flexibility exercises done at Taekwondoo practices. Have been doing them for a awhile and not noticed any improvement. In pain or flexibility (which is very poor). Before Taekwoondoo I played football and I feel I lost a lot of felxibility there and gained muscular size (also in the gym). I had a break from squats for more thant 6 months doing Ross’s bodyweight exercises and similar and have not noticed improvements.
The only things that helped for a while was doing lateral streching early in the morning, will have to try that again but it seems like a short term help.
Concerning your question, I have no idea how is my hip flexor musculature. I get no pain doing squats, running, front activity with my leg or any other activity which does not include lateral movement of my leg, or the stretching like the one in the original post and similar. I do get the same pain in the left leg, but to a smaller degree. Hope I explained properly the exact position of where the pain is and when it occures?
I want to deal with this finally but have no idea what to do. I doubt a regular doctor would know anything but give me an advice to rest. And I am in a foreign country currently. I would appreciate any drills or streching or advice you could throw my way.
What type of stretching do you do during tae kwon do practice? How much volume of stretching do you do during that training?
Youtube some hip flexor mobilizations, adductor mobs, lying knee to knee stretches. Start with those and go from there. Or you can look into purchases “Magnificent mobility” or “Access and Correct” - both are by Eric Cressey and have tons of mobility drills.
[quote]LevelHeaded wrote:
What type of stretching do you do during tae kwon do practice? How much volume of stretching do you do during that training?
Youtube some hip flexor mobilizations, adductor mobs, lying knee to knee stretches. Start with those and go from there. Or you can look into purchases “Magnificent mobility” or “Access and Correct” - both are by Eric Cressey and have tons of mobility drills.[/quote]
Typical streching present in all the books, I do stretch the hip flexors. I will try these videos but do not have high hopes.
By looking at the position of TFL that just might be it! I do not feel any knee pain though and the pain is stronger on one side. Also I dont get any pain from running or doing squats, just by moving my right leg to the side (stronger when my left foot is pointing to the front).
Yesterday I found an article from Thomas Kurtz and I was pretty sure this is the problem. But I guess this pelvic problem might be causing all the problems to the TFL or ITB.
In case anyone has the same symptoms, the probable cause is a condition called coxa vara.
Although TFL, quad and IT band massage helps to a degree, it is not a solution.
Kurz’s article is the only useful resource I could find.