Recovery Ride & hip flexor

[WindingRoad]

Glad to hear you are out and about

[warneral]

that's great! I'm glad it went well

[Catrin]

The best part is that there has been no pain since I came home and very few signs of inflammation. Hoping to bump it up to 20 miles tomorrow, but we will see Last Saturday the hamstring would hurt when I wasn't even moving, just sitting or lying down so I figure I can still re-injure it pretty easily if I am not careful.

I can certainly tell the difference in how my body feels and how I handle stress when I am not getting a minimum of 100 miles a week...spinning helps with that but I had to cut out pretty much all cardiovascular activity for a solid week and I certainly noticed the difference! Of course, the three weeks BEFORE that I wasn't getting those miles either - but at least I was getting something...

[KnottedYet]

Last Saturday the hamstring would hurt when I wasn't even moving, just sitting or lying down

Bet you $50 TE gift card all this hamstring/hip flexor crap is coming from a fricked up disc in your low back.

[Catrin]

Bet you $50 TE gift card all this hamstring/hip flexor crap is coming from a fricked up disc in your low back.

I've no lower back pain/stiffness/discomfort - ever...is there something that I can do to determine if I do have a disc problem?

I strength-train 2-3 times a week and I generally start with deadlifts because of my hands. The weight I can deadlift is limited by my grip problem, so this is always first before lifting other things.

There was a period of a couple of weeks - right before this happened - when my schedule was really tight and I started right into lifting after next to no warm-up. I only did that a couple of times and have stopped that dangerous behavior - and of course deadlifting targets the hammies among other things.

[KnottedYet]

I've no lower back pain/stiffness/discomfort - ever...is there something that I can do to determine if I do have a disc problem?

A lot of women don't. Many women have symptoms from the hips down, and their backs never say "boo."

See a PT or a doctor. I can't diagnose from the internet, but I can see the signs.

Somewhere I put up a quick-n-dirty way to diagnose yourself, but for $50 to profit SusanO, I don't just want quick-n-dirty.

go, baby, go!

[Catrin]

A lot of women don't. Many women have symptoms from the hips down, and their backs never say "boo."

See a PT or a doctor. I can't diagnose from the internet, but I can see the signs.

Somewhere I put up a quick-n-dirty way to diagnose yourself, but for $50 to profit SusanO, I don't just want quick-n-dirty.

go, baby, go!

I couldn't find the quick-n-dirty way that you posted, I looked For some odd reason my hip flexor started aching while I was sitting on the couch taking a break from packing though it passed pretty quickly. I do know all of that is super tight, hammies, quads, core muscles, etc., etc., etc. I am stretching more, and will toss in a visit to my D.O. I had one for yesterday that I canceled...