Just curious, any back problems? As you probably know already from researching this, the psoas (major, minor) originates on the spine. Did the PT agree with the psoas diagnosis? There are lots of muscles that cross the hip and the psoas is pretty deep.

Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Unfortunately, all of us, at one time or another, experience an injury that just 'takes time to heal.' One thing to do is to look back to see what might have caused this (overuse, etc..) so that you don't have a similar setback in the future.

Best of luck with your recovery.

JM

TC in my experience psoas or hip flexor issues rarely occur in isolation. They are often a part of an overall pattern with dominant hip flexors and often weakened or underactive gluteals. The hamstrings may often feel tight as part of the compensation pattern.

Find a good massage therapist (someone with 2 to 3 years of schooling). Get him/her to apply some myofascial release techniques to psoas and iliacus and then trigger point work (ischemic compression) to deactivate the "knot." Get him/her to check and make sure there are no trigger points in the quadratus lumborum along the edge of your PSIS (posterior superior illiac spine). Those can sometime occur at the same time.

A good massage therapist ought to be able to apply these techniques without undo discomfort. Trigger point work always implies a little discomfort, though. Then get them to show you a good psoas stretch. A good piriformis stretch might be in order as well, as sometimes a tight piriformis can make the hips uneven causing a tightening in the psoas as a form of compensation. The 2 muscles are not strictly antagonistic, but they are indirectly connected enough to affect one another.

hope it works out for you, I have no advice on that to offer.

I had a somewhat similar experience with a knot in my lower quad a decade ago. massage always hurt and never helped. turned out, for me, to be a bone spur, which I had surgically removed(90% anyway) should have known it wasn't a knot in hindsight, as when the muscle was manipulated, the "knot" never moved location on the leg.

Don't powercranks engage hip flexors more? overpowerful hip flexors is part of the problem here.

I've spent a lot of my life as a swimmer, doing lots of kicking in the pool, and when I'm not doing that, treadmill running = weak glutes and strong hip flexors.

If you are indeed super active, an in jury that wont clear up can be frustrating.

hy don't you elaborate on the problem. Give some details on where and when it is sore, what aggravates it etc.