Pain in the hips while squatting

[beerdrinker]

I'm having pretty bad pain in my hips while squatting. I'm pretty sure it's related to lack of flexibility, but all the stretching of the hip area I do just doesn't seem to help. I think it's because all the stretching exercises I know for the hips goes the opposite direction of the squat. The pain usually subsides enough by the time I get to my working sets that I can get through it, but not today. I had to stop in my first warm up set because it hurt so bad. I heard a little popping in there today too, and I don't think I've heard that before.

Anyone ever have this problem? I need some help here.

 

[ximor]

I get popping in my knees but i just take 140lbs and do 4 sets of 20 or any denomination of low weight high rep. I still get fantastic growth from the longer tension time without overstressing the joints.

 

[xrsist]

see a chiro and start swimming

 

[oso0960]

i used to have that same problem and i have no idea why, but it went away a long time ago. I know it went away when i started stretching before a workout (dynamic stretches), doing hip joint rotations (fire hydrants i think they're called?) and doing body weight squats. just some ideas, but you probably want to get it checked out.

 

[beerdrinker]

i used to have that same problem and i have no idea why, but it went away a long time ago. I know it went away when i started stretching before a workout (dynamic stretches), doing hip joint rotations (fire hydrants i think they're called?) and doing body weight squats. just some ideas, but you probably want to get it checked out.

OK. I'll look up these "fire hydrants". I think a hip joint rotation exercise could help.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

I have had pain in my right hip.
I started box squating (wide stance) again.
Stopped using my power briefs and suit untill the weight gets heavy (SQ- 405 / DL 595).
Stopped doing Nautilus abductions and adductions.
Stopped dragging the sled.
Started to do reverse elyptical level 25 for 5 minutes after weight training.
My hip pain is almost gone now. Can't say why for sure.

 

[oso0960]

OK. I'll look up these "fire hydrants". I think a hip joint rotation exercise could help.

if you can't find them i'll give you a nice description. you get down in the doggy style as if you're about to take it anally. lift up one of your legs as if you were a dog about to piss on a fire hydrant. now rotate that hip joint clockwise and counter clockwise. i hope that was a good description.

 

[beerdrinker]

if you can't find them i'll give you a nice description. you get down in the doggy style as if you're about to take it anally. lift up one of your legs as if you were a dog about to piss on a fire hydrant. now rotate that hip joint clockwise and counter clockwise. i hope that was a good description.

That's actually kind of hard to do for a long time. I did feel it working around in the joint. Felt kind of good. I'm going to add these to my stretching routine.

 

[beerdrinker]

Well, I squatted again today, and felt a lot better. I've been taking ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory. That along with more stretching, fire hydrants, and lots of body weight squats to warm up, I was able to do my squats without too much pain. I'm just going to have to really watch it to make sure I don't hurt myself. I think I will heal up and get stronger.