After doing a set of lower body russian twists, I felt a weird feeling in my hip flexors. Normally I would have sucked it up, but I have had problems there before(2-3 yrs ago)
It felt like my the front of my hip-around the groin was gonna "pop". It also felt kind of inflamed. The feeling is very hard to explain. It doesn't hurt now.
I'm not gonna mess around with that area, it's asking for trouble. Its been so bad at times I couldn't walk.
What exercise would be a good substitution? I'm thinking an exercise that utilizes twisting, like woodchoppers.
Thanks for the help.
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PA - I've had this same problem and finally realized that I needed to stop any Russian Twist exercises. I've never checked into a substitute so I'll be interested to hear what comes up.
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Fin...Do your ever "pop" your hip? If I move it, I can feel it pop and hit something.
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I've never had the 'pop' feeling, but the groin pain, yes. It's likely that the leg problem I have now started with the groin injury I had earlier this year and moved its way down. As Bill Hartman said, the "groin is an interesting place". To say the least...
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I observed that my lower back would usually pop after a few reps on the first set, but it felt good, actually. That was a surprisingly hard excercise, btw.
I'm far from an expert but for oblique stabalization/core rotational work perhaps side planks, side bends, dead bugs, uneven bar bends (side bends with bar loaded on one side), and for rotational work woodchops and med ball throws to the side and rear diagonal.
I'd try those out and feel if muscles in the groin area are taken out of play. This area is working hard to stabalize when your on the ball and obviously not beneficial when injured.
Let us know how it goes.
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I tried doing a few twists right now. While I do them, they feel fine, but after I get up and start walking, my hip feels funny. Not painful, but I've had this feeling before and I its not good. This is first time I've had this feeling since I've started lifting 4/5 months ago.
I'm going to play it safe and sub in wood choppers/planks. I think the problem may be extreme hip flexion/adduction.(I've always had pain while pushing my leg in.)
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I was cautious on the Russian Twists. Would stop if I started feeling any pain.
Kinda related when I was doing TT with a lot of HIIT and side planks my hips would hurt. It was the sides, however, and when I cut back on the side planks it abated. I think the side plank was putting a lot more stress on the hips than I realized.
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