Four months of Hip flexor pain!! What am I doing wrong?l?

Question

I don´t know what caused it originally and don´t know what I could be doing to aggravate it or what counts as ¨rest.¨ The only thing I do is walk - average of about a mile a day - because I don´t have a car. But I´m going crazy not getting more exercise. I´ve heard conflicting advice about stretching and what to do or not to do in general. Should I do yoga? Stop walking? Specific stretches? Haven´t had much luck with physial therapy either. Can anyone give me advice?

Answer 1

Rest would mean that you are trying to stay off the leg as much as possible during the day to allow the area to heal such as if it was caused by muscle strain.

I would recommend getting back in touch with your doctor for further evaluation of the situation to see what they think could be going on. One possibility based on your symptoms is that of arthritis.