Hi All,
The last time I posted, you all were so helpful, I figured I would try again. I am working with a professional football player to help him gain more flexibility, specifically in his hips. He is a big guy - 6'3 300 lbs but all muscle so while he is bulky it is not inhibiting his ability to move. He has pretty good range of motion in all directions of his hips, however, when we work on poses that get him in external rotation / flexion / abduction - like butterfly, thread the needle, and supine swan, he experiences a pinching sensation in his hip crease when we have him flex further. What's interesting though is he is fine folding forward in straddle pose and if I put him in simple cross legged up on a couple of bolsters, he says he feels the pinch mildly but it goes away once he flexes past a certain point. I have been researching everywhere if this is a muscle thing, or a ligament or joint thing. I can't tell if it's compression or tension related. He says it's almost like something is getting caught in the crease. When I put him in warrior 2 he says he also feels tightness in the same area, so I'm thinking it might be muscle related but I'm not sure!
Has anyone come across this with clients? .
I also experience the same issue from time to time myself but I never thought much of it because it didn't hurt and I have really tight hips. Anyway, I bring that up because I don't think it's his size or bulk that's the issue because I'm 5'4 120 lbs.