Damn my hips hurt from squats PLZ HELP!

[al420]

He means from the back, and that is impressive.

 

[blut wump]

 

[mikefear]

strengthen your glutes.. use the hip abductor/adductor machine.. sumo deads to help strengthen the hip flexors

 

[yahya1966]

i had the same problem a few years ago. i was getting a shearing pain in my hips like bone grinding on bone. i had to do hack squats for a year, but now i'm good to go. btw i'm 40 yrs old so joint issues are more of a concern for me these days. don't forget to throw some glucosamine in there.

 

[Quadsweep]

Firstly, this should be in the training forum rather than the juicer forum.

Is the pain you're currently suffering from the recent squats just DOMS from the workout or have you aggravated your problem?

If it's an aggravation of your problem, have you been keeping up with the stretching? Did you keep the weight ultra-light for your first day back at an exercise after a long layoff?

That you can't do a full, deep squat with your feet together points to a serious inflexibity. Do you stretch out your hamstrings on a regular basis? Can you do a deep, hamstrings pressed hard against calves, squat with just bodyweight? Can you do it while holding onto something for support.

If your problem is just one of flexibility then I'd suggest keeping up with your stretching, especially your hamstrings, and doing bodyweight squats until they aren't a problem for you. Next move onto using just the bar, always going fully deep. Slowly add weight to the bar.

Due to a knee injury I had to go through this procedure and went through some time just adding 2.5Kg to the bar for 5 sets of 5 for four or five sessions per week. The weight soon mounts up until one day you realise that you're squatting sensible weights again.

Have you considered box-squats, front squats and good mornings?

Pretty much exactly what I had to do after I blew my quad tendon. It was aggravating but it had to be done.

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