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Hip Question
Sirs,
In preperation for my SF candidacy, I have been doing the workouts found on this website and in "Get Selected." However, about 5 months into this, an old problem has resurfaced: my hip. It is the same problem that I had in high school during cross country, and occasionally since at work (I lift and haul tractor trailor tires for a living-I did this in high school as well). The feeling is this: my left (only) hip gets tight to the point that it hurts like hell and is almost impossible to rotate my waiste. This pain is rarely right after a workout, it only occurs at night, when its cold out, and every single morning. I can feel that it is a pain in the hip flexor, but the problem is this: I have done the standard hip flexor stretch (cross one leg over the other and twist my torso in the opposite direction), until I am blue in the face. I should also note that when this occurs at work, it is often a two week warning for bad back problems. Anyways, for the first 4 or 5 months the constant stretching, yoga, and hot tub had helped to keep it away. But as the cold has set in, it has come back in a bad way (I simply cannot sit up in the morning, I sort of roll out of bed horizontally). It is not at all effecting my workouts, even when it is cold out after a quick warm up I do not feel the tightness anymore until well after the workout is over. I feel that this is in some way directly connected to the tires as when I lift a tire to stack, I pivot the tire over my left hip. However, there has got to be a way to stretch this muscle or do something for it.
Thank you for your time and help,
Joe
P.S. What is the best way to stretch and strengthen the ankles? This was the only other injury I had in high school and I would like to try to stretch and strengthen in order to prevent that first twist.
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