A hip flexor strain is a strain of the group of muscles across the anterior aspect (front) of the hip. These muscles are commonly injured in sports such as soccer and football. Often the injury involves a forceful movement such as immediately starting to sprint or forcefully kicking a ball, especially when the athlete’s foot strikes another player while trying to kick. As with most tendon and muscle strains, treatment is almost always nonoperative. Rest from the offending sport, ice, and physical therapy to stretch and strengthen the area can help the athlete before jogging and a sports-specific functional program are started. Often doing some exercises for a hip flexor strain can relieve your pain and allow you to get back to what you love to do.

In this video, physical therapist Yves Gege and I show a few exercises you can do to try to recover from a hip flexor strain.

Remember, these exercise posts, like other information on this site, are not intended to represent specific medical advice. If you have any questions about this injury or one its treatment, make sure to see your doctor or a physical therapist.

Also read:
Hip flexor strain: Mechanism of injury, diagnosis and treatment