A couple weeks ago I went down on my bike. Nasty contusion on my left hip. Took almost two weeks off where I did no running, cut my bike mileage in half, and only pulled swimming. A few days ago I started kicking again, doing about 5 mins of vertical kicking arms crossed, 200m kick, 500m free, 1000 pull. Woke up yesterday with quite a bit of pain in my left hip flexor and today I’m limping when I walk.
- Can I safely assume this is a hip flexor sprain?
- I have a sprint race this weekend, any harm in just turning it into a duathalon (swim bike)?
- What should my protocol be when I get home? See my gp? See a physio? Deep tissue message?
I can move laterally without pain but when I do anything that would engage the hip flexor (walk, run, kick) I get a sharp pain and, frankly, I don’t feel like I could run very fast even if I had to.
As usual, thanks for any help. You guys are a cornucopia of knowledge.
