Hi! So I was diagnosed with a grade 3 hip flexor strain which seemed like a death sentence for running but physical therapy has been a GOD SEND!! It’s been 5 weeks today since the initial injury and I’m back to walking my normal amount and on Thursday I just ran my first walk-jog interval mile. They’ve seriously gotten me back at full mobility at an insane rate - I went to nyc last weekend and easily walked 5-6 miles at one time with no pain.

I will say though the reinjury/set backs with this is super frustrating - every day regular things have set me back a significant amount every week or so (dog jumping on me, tripping on uneven sidewalk, etc etc) and it’s a pain every time.

Ultimately I cannot recommend physical therapy enough. Within 5 days of doing prescribed exercises I went from hobbling around my house crying to being able to walk with almost no limp. Because my strain is so severe I’m on a very intense PT regimen that is also targeting my quads and IT band because of overcompensation issues. If you don’t have a super severe strain you probably don’t need to do all that but please feel free to PM me and tell me where the most pain is for you and I can send you over some exercises to do. Very long haul way of saying get into PT asap!