Painful hips☹️☹️☹️

[Scruff55]

Been struggling with pain in my hips after my runs especially if they are longer than 30 minutes. I’m hoping that by sticking to the shorter runs it will settle☹️☹️☹️

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Sorry to hear this, what stretches are you doing? I find hips hurt it I haven't stretched butt, hip flexors and IT band. Bi use these after every run, and when I remember after long walks. Hope you find a solution. Take care 🤗nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/h...

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks for the advice and link I obviously need to up my game🤣

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

I hope they will with the shorter runs, a few people have suggested that drinking plenty of water lessons pain in the hip's

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Al I’ll try to drink more although I do try to drink 2 litres + a day.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

I had a similar problem when I got up to 10k. The longer distances sometimes flush out areas which need strengthening; I do hip exercises these days and don’t have the problem any more. Worth a check with a physio?

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Beachcomber66]

I was wonder about trying to see a physio. Might try some of exercises first though thanks 🙏

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Oh that’s a bit unfair, hopefully keeping to shorter runs and some stretches will strengthen them

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

🙏 I’ll try the stretches and I’ll exercises 🤞they work.

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

As BC says, as you run further, you may need to strengthen some muscles. It could be that your hips are taking the strain instead of using your glutes. So glute strengthening exercises like squats and the bridge will do you the world of good.

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

🙏for this advice I will follow the link above and see how I go.

[GailXrunning]

In addition to the other helpful tips: Have you tried jeffing? It seems to help some people to stay the right side of the nothing/ niggle/ pain/ injury divides.

I started getting a niggle in my right hip (almost certainly a mix of imbalances in the body, strength, running style/ sleeping style). Kicked in once I was running 5k and over. For an entirely different reason, I’m currently jeffing and the hip problem subsided almost straightaway. May be worth exploring?

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to GailXrunning]

🙏thanks for this advice I’ll give it a try. It might have been caused by tensing up when I was running when it was slippy but I don’t want to make it worse 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️