lph
02-09-2009, 03:17 AM
I have this crazy aching in my hips that is driving me nuts. I'm home sick with the flu (I guess, I'm calling it the flu because I don't have much airway symptoms but it started with all over body aching and a fever) and am spending day 3 sitting/lying on the couch. Now I know sitting too long in one position can give me all kinds of aches and pains, but today I got out the mat and did some stretches, and it still aches like CRAZY. I just took a painkiller but I don't like taking them for something that I feel I should be able to stretch out.
At rest it's this lowgrade ache right around the hip socket, and doing my usual stretches across the hips hurt a lot more than usual, especially just stretching towards the floor gently with straight legs. Normally I can put my palms on the floor, now it tightens up a lot before I get close.
Should I be stretching this at all or what? I guess it will go away once I'm up and moving again but for the time being I'm pretty much couch-bound, limp as a noodle.
At rest it's this lowgrade ache right around the hip socket, and doing my usual stretches across the hips hurt a lot more than usual, especially just stretching towards the floor gently with straight legs. Normally I can put my palms on the floor, now it tightens up a lot before I get close.
Should I be stretching this at all or what? I guess it will go away once I'm up and moving again but for the time being I'm pretty much couch-bound, limp as a noodle.