Hip Flexor help

[Stephanie0523]

Hi guys,
My husband recently has been having a lot of pain in the hip flexor area and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for how to treat it? He is running in a 10K in two weeks and is worried about it... Any suggestions? Thanks!!

 

[SRP]

Hi Stephanie -

I used to have hip flexor pain when I did super-fast sprints on my elliptical. The only way I could get rid of it was to rest and change up my activity. I also did some gentle hip flexor stretches. Once it healed, I didn't do any high speed work for a long time. I also walked a lot, which seemed to help strengthen the area. I'm doing a bit more speed work now, but I'm still careful.

If he's been doing a lot of training for the race, he's probably overstressed it. I don't know what to tell you about getting through the race, except that if the pain is pretty bad, I'd probably cancel, sad as that is.