An incredible amount of people experience tight hip flexors at one point or another in their life, and for a lot of people, that tightness isn’t a one-time occurrence.  There is good news however! Tight hip flexors can be fixed.

Causes of Tight Hip Flexors

The first thing you need to do in order to loosen your hip flexors is to identify the root cause of the tightness.  Now this may be obvious, or it may require some thinking.

Injury

There are many types ...

Have you performed the hip flexor injury tests in part 3?  Yes? Good, let’s move on.  The final stage in injury treatment is hip flexor strengthening in order to get the hip flexor back to 100 %( and hopefully even farther once we have reached this point).

During hip flexor strengthening it’s important to start very SLOWLY, and gradually build up both resistance and volume in ...

Before we do any strength training, we must first see if the hip flexor is healed.  To do so, we have some basic tests to assess both strength and functionality.

Hip Flexor Flexibility Test

If you have been following the course of action addressed in part 2 of this series, then you will have minimized the prevalence of scar tissue that has formed as a result of activity with a Continue Reading →

Have you followed the initial hip flexor treatment procedure? If so, you’re in the right place; this article will help you learn about the time needed to heal muscle tears and ways you can speed this process up.

After the P.R.I.C.E. procedure is applied, you need to rest before you can move on to regaining your strength; the length will depend on the severity of the strain.

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This is Article 1 of 4 to guide you through hip flexor treatment (Refer to our other article to find out more about where a hip flexor injury is likely to occur).

When you sustain a hip flexor strain, the body’s natural defenses kick in and you will usually see some sort of swelling.  To transition from this phase to ...