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How involved are the hip flexors in skiing?
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I've strained my hip flexor while running track, and my school's trainer says I should sit out from running and soccer for 4-7 days. My plan is to go skiing tomorrow, so my question is how much does skiing work the hip flexors? Is this a bad idea? The trainer called it a grade 1 strain. Feedback from anyone with good knowledge of exercise science/physical fitness is greatly appreciated.
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From my experience I don't think it's super critical. It is very important when skinning. For instance, some seasons I put down a bunch of days on hill, and then after a month or so go out skinning. The skinning really takes a toll on the hip flexor. This also implies that my hip flexor was weak when skinning-->it did not get much strength during regular skiing-->it was not used that much when regular skiing-->you should be all right. Just don't ski super hard right away, and feel it out a little bit. No running for 4-7 days sounds like it wasn't really strained that bad in the first place.
Go for it.
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It's a pretty major part of your hip
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its actually pretty important, but as long as you keep your legs together and dont catch an inside edge or anything there is a really low chance of injuring, i.e. carve into your tricks instead of setting a wide stance, I have a wonky hip flexor and that seems to help it.
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Any time you want to lift your knee above your hip you're going to be feeling that strain. Last year there was a period where both hip flexors were pulled and skiing was not comfortable. Not to mention that I had to lift my legs with my hands like a goddamn paraplegic to get out of a car.
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i dont know if its my hip flexor or some other part of my hip but sometimes i find it hard to walk but when I ski I cant feel any pain at all. putting on socks really sucks tho
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