Hip flexor (m. iliopsoas) strain

Hip flexor (m. iliopsoas) strain

Musculus iliopsoas is the deep flexor of thigh and hip. It is attached to the lumbar spine and 
descends down to the femur crossing the hip join. It is composed of three muscles - m. psoas 
major, m. psoas minor and m. Iliacus. The primary function of this muscle is moving the knee 
towards the chest (bending the hip). It also participates in the body rotation and many other 
movements such as impacts in fight sports, crawling, walking, climbing stairs, running, jumping 
and ball kicking. Due to its attachment along the spine it stabilizes lower spine in everyday 
movements. 
 
A hip flexor strain is characterized by tearing of one or more of the hip flexor muscles causing the 
pain in the front of the hip or groin. This can range from a small partial tear where there is minimal 
pain and minimal loss of function, to a complete rupture involving a severe pain, swelling, 
tenderness, bruising, muscle spasm, weakness, limping and inability to continue the activity. 
and significant disability. TThe cause lays down in too much repetition or high force often during 
sprinting, kicking activities and explosive acceleration particularly following an inadequate 
warm-up. 
The goal of physical therapy is to reduce the load on tendons entheses by increasing their 
flexibility, increase the strength and flexibility of the injured muscle and the muscles that surround it, 
especially core and low back muscles. With appropriate management, patients can usually 
recover in one to eight weeks or longer depending on the severity. Complete ruptures of the hip 
flexor muscles are rare and recovery may be significantly longer 
 
PREVENTION: not ignoring the pain, proportional strengthening and stretching all muscle groups 
and that are related to activity, proper warm-up before activity, training technique correction, adequate sports footwear, raising the seat to the proper height for bicyclist.

Duration

15 days

Program duration is 15 days. If you start today on 08.07.2025., the completion of the rehabilitation program will be on 23.07.2025.

Price

US $40.00

Total price is US $40.00 or US $2.67 per program day