After some intense intervals my psoas hurt, or I think it’s my psoas (3 inches below my belly button 1-2 inches to the left),felt like a sharply pulled muscle. I have the tigger point therapy full body set, so I laid on the TP ball and moved it around, with much pain.
Every time I run fast or even run long, I feel this muscle pulling. I keep working on the muscle with the TP ball and now I’m getting bruises after I do that.
Am I being too aggressive with the TP Ball because I am bruising? What else can I do to get this muscle back in shape and pain free?
I’ve been fighting psoas issues for 2 years now, never bad enough to keep me from running, though. It all started with a “sports hernia”, my lower abs have never been the same since.
Sounds the same as what I had, eventually I had an MRI that showed I had a tear in the psoas. You need to give it a rest, and head to for some ART or a good massage therapist. Good luck, that one’s a bitch!!
Thanks for the advice everyone. I am dreading getting ART on it because just touching the area at this point hurts. Will have to suck it up and hope it’s not a tear, that sounds really painful!
I’d try deep tissue massage or a progression to deep tissue. If you think it’s torn, you’d know. Most likely simply needs to be released. That said, get an eval from an MT or a PT and you’ll know.
Laura Bennett and Greg Bennet both fought this last year and overcame it pretty darn well.
Pigeon pose? Triathletes are generally not going to be able to get past the piriformis part to feel the psoas. I’m assuming you mean the “king pigeon” that includes the front stretch. I’d start with sphinx first…or cobra. IMO it is a matter of getting the length of the psoas, particularly to include the origin is imperative. I’d add that a state of relaxation is doubly imperative.
That degree of sensitivity / pain is concerning. You really should get to a medical doctor before doing other treatments at this point. Or, if you’re insurance allows you to go direct to a physical therapist they can evaluate and determine if you need referral to someone else or whether it is in their scope of practice to treat. Best of luck
Agreed with all above. I hurt my psoas after being very aggressive with early Ironman scheduling in my tri career (placid, florida, april arizona) and it took 3 months of massage, stretching, core work and no running/biking to get better. I focused a lot on body composition at this time and actually came back less fit but just as fast b/c I was carrying around too much weight…so time off isn’t the worst idea…