I saw your comment to Sasha today about the five fingers and stress fractures. How do you tell if you have a stress fracture? I have a place really deep in the middle/front of my quad that I can't tell if it's a tendon or the bone. It takes me a mile to warm it up. Just thought I'd ask the running doctor....Maybe I'll look on the discussion board for more info too. It's just a weird pain that's been with me now about a week.
People get tibial (shin) stress fractures, but I have never heard of a stress fracture in the femur. It sounds like a problem with the hip flexor, which if prolonged and restrictive is called hip flexor tendonitis or iliopsoas syndrome. Look up hip flexor stretches and take 2-3 ibuprofen 3 times per day.
You're exactly right. I do have pain in the hip flexor, but didn't relate it to the femur. Plus I'm always getting tendonitis (tennis elbow, facscitis). I'm so glad you didn't say I need a cortisone shot in the middle of my thigh (yet). That would hurt. I'll try the ibuprofen for now. Thanks!
I'm sorry, I keep coming back to this because I'm sure this is what's happened to me. But if I were to apply ice, where would I put the ice? It feels too deep to do any good. Any suggestion? Thanks again.
It is a legitimate concern. The ice is really for the blood supply to the muscle (which I should probably know having done anatomy just last year). It can't hurt and it might help. I would apply the ice right at the bend when you lift your leg. But I am not the one feeling it. It also could be pyriformis syndrome which requires different stretches and does not respond to icing (because it is deep in the pelvis). If it is difficult to lift your leg to your side or twist your leg it might be piriformis syndrome.
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