{"id":17233,"date":"2016-06-22T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:37:35","slug":"hip-issues-round-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/06\/hip-issues-round-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Issues Round Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trail<\/a><\/p>\n

Back when I was a runner, I dealt with some hip issues. \u00a0My right hip flexor getting over worked because my right side isn’t as strong as my left side. \u00a0For some reason, I do most things on my left side which causes my right side to become lazy.<\/p>\n

My right hip flexor would be very sore after my runs to the point that I couldn’t even run a mile with out my hip hurting afterwards. \u00a0I did PT<\/abbr> for a while and slowly got back on target. (If you want more nitty gritty, you can read about this hip issue, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here,<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Then we moved here, I stopped running because I was having difficulty with the elevation which caused depression which caused me to spiral down into a blob. \u00a0I finally picked running back up last year but had to stop because my right hip was being an issue again.<\/p>\n

Instead I put running on the back burner and started doing CrossFit. \u00a0I fell in love with my gym and the workouts and didn’t give running a second thought until now. \u00a0Sometimes runs are part of our workout and I want to be able to do them.<\/p>\n

I would like to be able to add in running to my routine however this stupid hip issue is back but a little more intense. Now it hurts during runs (as opposed to just after a run) and lasts for a long time. \u00a0I tried running 800m when my hip flexor tightened up, swelled, and then was painful for about a week and a half afterwards.<\/p>\n

Ouch and GRRRR<\/p>\n

So I’m going through PT<\/abbr> again<\/em> so that I can get back to being healthy and using both sides of my body equally.<\/p>\n

My current therapist has been the most thorough person so far! \u00a0She spent an hour with me during my first visit and had me do a bunch of different moves and exercises to determine just how weak my right side is.<\/p>\n

Turns out it’s crazy weak. \u00a0I knew that but was surprised by just how weak it is! \u00a0After that visit, I started paying more attention to how I sit, walk, stand, and handle myself. \u00a0It’s a little mind blowing to see how much I favor my left side over my right. \u00a0And yes, I am right handed. \u00a0I basically don’t use my right side unless I have to and am making an effort to use it.<\/p>\n

WHAT?\u00a0I don’t even know how I started doing that and why I do it. \u00a0I always thought my left side was my weaker side just because it’s non-dominate but nope. My right side just cruises through life.<\/p>\n

I can also feel it during squats, as the weight gets heavier, I can tell that I’m relying on my left side to get me up and out of the squat.<\/p>\n

So it’s time to focus on getting balanced so I can run and continue with heavy lifting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back when I was a runner, I dealt with some hip issues. \u00a0My right hip flexor getting over worked because my right side isn’t as strong as my left side. \u00a0For some reason, I do most things on my left side which causes my right side to become lazy. My right hip flexor would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52,51],"tags":[117,118],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4tX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}