KPC after effects...question.. please advise

[JAFitMama]

My question concerns my hip bone area. After I do a KPC workout or premix, I will either the next day or later the same day feel a pulling or soreness in the are near my hip bones. This workout or a premix variation has been in my weekly rotations since purchasing it.

Could I be not warming up enough or not stretching enough? This consistently happens after this workout. Can anyone with kickboxing expertise advise here?

BTW I do all of Cathes workouts with out modification and have been a "Cathe exerciser" since 1996 or '97. (I haven't done Cardio Kicks since the BB series arrived, and I do not remember if the same feeling occured after that workout)

Thank you for any helpful insight into this issue.

 

[candi]

Judy,

This sounds like the same soreness I used to experience when I started doing TAE BO regulaly a few years ago. Like you, it was a consistent soreness.

What helped me was to make sure I stretched my hips after the workout. SItting on the floor and spreading my legs in a V, I pull my torso down (stretching my hip) first right, touching my right toe and then left touching my left toe. Then I bend one leg in and stretch to the opposite toe and vice versa. I make sure I stretch counting to 8 and sometimes 16 on each side. When I started doing this stretch, the aching stopped. I use this same stretch after KP&C and Powerstrike.

Hope this made sense.

 

[luv2bfit]

Hello Judy!

It sounds like that when kicking your standing foot may not be pivoted enough (ie turned in the opposite direction of the side/round kick- for front kicks, this foot is facing the direction of the kick). Pivot is important for the body to be in a natural alignment when doing SK/RK's. Looking at your kick also puts your shoulder and upper body in proper alignment. Your standing leg should also be soft- knee slightly bent. Also, check that your hip is not moving in the direction with the kick and that it is more or less stationary when executing the kick (a little movement is OK but too much can put stress on your hips and groin muscle).

You can warmup more before the workout by doing the kicks slowly with a supporting hand on the wall or a chair and/or stand, hands on your hips and rotate your hips slowly around in small circles.

HTH and that your hip feels better soon.

Elizabeth

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Judy! You got some excellent advice here already. I would like to add that if you enjoy kickboxing and will continue to do it regularly, try to work on your flexibility training as well. I had similar stiffness in my hips and groin area when I first started kickbox a few years ago. Since then I have done more flexibility training (longer deeper stretching on my own or doing a flexibilty training workout) and done longer warm ups before my kickbox workouts and the area seems much more limber now. Good Luck!

 

[JAFitMama]

Thank you Candi, Elizabeth & Cathe!
I'm honored and trhilled that you saw my post Cathe and responded!
Flexability training is something I'm not good at. Perhaps finding an instructor that is enjoyable would help.

Hint: Cathe if you ever decide to produce a flexability training segment on a future DVD I believe it would sell well.
In the mean time, does anyone have a favorite video fitting the flexability component to exercise? I prefer to have a person on the TV telling me what to do versus doing it on my own, LOL

PS I have Miranda White's stretching DVD and don't seem to reach for it much.

 

[clareMc]

Scott Cole's "Millenium Stretch" vol 1 and 2 are rated very highly frequently.

Clare