Howdy, Stranger!
Categories
Muscle pain - back of hips/small of back
Sibyl Ruth
✭✭✭
I started running again during lockdown. My general level of fitness is okay for my age. (I'm 60) - I was doing long walks and an energetic form of dance, but that stopped being feasible. At first I had a bit of knee pain, but I seemed to be able to get rid of doing that via going back to some exercises that were to do with strengthening leg muscles. Also losing a few pounds of weight.
I built up reasonably slowly from running for just 10 minutes to 30 minutes plus - a slow 5k
But now I'm getting some regular muscle pain behind my left and right hips. Above my backside. Any ideas how to subdue this. The usual - ice, ibuprofen - not pushing myself too hard? Or some form of exercise. (It's not an area in which I've had pain before and wondered if it's like the kind of very small tears you might get if you'd overdone things....
I built up reasonably slowly from running for just 10 minutes to 30 minutes plus - a slow 5k
But now I'm getting some regular muscle pain behind my left and right hips. Above my backside. Any ideas how to subdue this. The usual - ice, ibuprofen - not pushing myself too hard? Or some form of exercise. (It's not an area in which I've had pain before and wondered if it's like the kind of very small tears you might get if you'd overdone things....
The materials in this website are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor, qualified personal trainer, therapist, dietitian or nutritionist Runners's World, Part of the Hearst UK well-being network © Copyright 2017
Comments
Might be worth looking at a few physio/sports injury websites to see if there's any guidance there.
Sorry not much help.