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Originally Posted by sombo05
* everything hurts these days. Have a nagging hip injury that is not getting better. Two things happened around the same time that may have caused this. 1) I lost the little 1/2" heel insert that I put in my shoe to make up for a leg length difference. 2) I began squatting "hybrid" style.
The injury is specifically in my left hip flexor so, 1) being the longer leg it may be getting stressed differently or 2) I may be concentrating too much on my hamstrings and neglecting to squeeze my glutes which, I read over on Elite EFS, is causing my femur to slide forward? Anyone out there with same or similar?
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I have the same problem. I wear a heel lift in my right shoe, but you can easily make some too.
*gets out arts and crafts tackle box*
Take 2-4 sheets of paper fold them in half until you reach the desired thickness. Trim the edges of the folded paper so it'll fit in your shoe well. Put under shoe insert. Voila! I like my paper heel lifts better the the cork one I bought from a chiropractic supplier. Plus you can make one for each shoe and leave it there.
I was having problems with my left glute and hip flexor squatting, a heel insert + a better warmup was the perfect remedy. I don't know the answer to you're leg length discrepency question as I have several old leg ailments (knee surgury, IT bands, broken ankle) working against me and its hard to know whats causing what. I started using a heel lift because I dropped the arch in my right foot. That injury caused a cascade of problems, so I was glad when I discovered lifts.
*just realized I'm responding to a post from June*
