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This is going to sound counterintuitive but sometimes when my hip flexors are bothering me and stretching them hasn’t helped, doing some gentle strength work helps more because they’re actually sore from being overstretched. So knee high marching in place, bridges, dead bugs. All helpful to engage the hip flexors.
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Mallory 2y ago

You’re pointing to and foam rolling towards the outside of your hip. Could it be your IT band bothering you?

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Duchess 2y ago

Honestly I don’t really know, that’s why I posted a photo of me pointing to it 🤷‍♀️ because I figured there would be some fitness person that would tell me if I’m not even pointing at my hip flexor 😂

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Mallory 2y ago

Try these stretches. Gently! See if any hit the spot a little better than the stretches you’ve been doing.

https://osteopathy.colganosteo.com/itb-and-tfl-stretches/

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Duchess 2y ago

Thank you I will for sure try 💜🏆

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Duchess 2y ago

I had a massage today and my therapist said it’s simple name is in fact “hip flexor”, but it’s Latin term is the "iliopsoas," which itself is a combination of two muscles: the "iliacus" and the "psoas major."