Well, for the past two years I have injured my hip towards the end of Cross Country season. Last year the actual joint became inflamed and just putting any weight on it hurt like hell. This year the hip flexor part of my hip (the muscles on the outside of the hip) started hurting like hell, sort of like I had both a bruise and a pinched nerve.
Last year I went to an orthopedist and he gave me some stretches and I went to therapy to loosen up my hamstrings, as they thought they were causing my legs to not fully extend, thereby causing my hip pain.
Well, yesterday I went to the orthopedist again. However, since this time it was not the actual joint that was causing me pain, they looked at other causes. They took some X-rays and discerned the probably cause of all my running-related injuries: my right leg is 3/8" longer than my left leg. What this means is that when I'm running, my right leg is pounding against the ground with much more force than my left leg. Most people compensate for this by bending their back, and thereby getting scoliosys. However, I was lucky; I have not yet begun to compensate with my spine, so I dont have scoliosys. However, that is why all the effects are going straight to my hip.
Luckily I dont surgery or anything drastic like that. The current suggestions for rectifying this problem is that I have to wear special insoles in my left shoe to make up for the difference in length. I ran today like that, however, and my hip is absolutely killing me. But, I think that is simply because I havent' given it enough time to fully recover, and I ran real hard today (did sprints and indian runs at a 70 second 400 pace)
I hope this works so I can get back to running as well as I did before....
Last year I went to an orthopedist and he gave me some stretches and I went to therapy to loosen up my hamstrings, as they thought they were causing my legs to not fully extend, thereby causing my hip pain.
Well, yesterday I went to the orthopedist again. However, since this time it was not the actual joint that was causing me pain, they looked at other causes. They took some X-rays and discerned the probably cause of all my running-related injuries: my right leg is 3/8" longer than my left leg. What this means is that when I'm running, my right leg is pounding against the ground with much more force than my left leg. Most people compensate for this by bending their back, and thereby getting scoliosys. However, I was lucky; I have not yet begun to compensate with my spine, so I dont have scoliosys. However, that is why all the effects are going straight to my hip.
Luckily I dont surgery or anything drastic like that. The current suggestions for rectifying this problem is that I have to wear special insoles in my left shoe to make up for the difference in length. I ran today like that, however, and my hip is absolutely killing me. But, I think that is simply because I havent' given it enough time to fully recover, and I ran real hard today (did sprints and indian runs at a 70 second 400 pace)
I hope this works so I can get back to running as well as I did before....
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