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Podcast listeners, thank you so much for checking out today's show.

This is episode 26 of the Squat University podcast.

The goal with each and every one of these shows is

to bring you as much value pat content to help you move better in the gym and in life, decrease

your bodies, aches and pains, and help you reach your true athletic potential. Today, I want to

close our recent series on growing pain when lifting by going in depth on another common form

of hip pain, which is a hip flexor

injury. Now, a hip flexor injury often starts a little differently than your classic pulled

groin, which was the topic of last week's episode in 25, an adductor strain or groin strain

will often occur at one specific time. So you'll be able to almost pinpoint

one jump, one cut, one specific squat rep, a deadlift where you felt almost a sharp pain or

this pop sensation in your inner groin. That's basically the point of where the muscle is starting to

tear. But a hip flexor injury, which medically we just call it ilioshoas syndrome, as I'll

explain later, is often attributed to being more of an overuse problem. This means that it doesn't

start all at one specific time, but it said slowly becomes an issue over the weeks in months.

Now, as with most of the past injuries that I've discussed on this

podcast, this is another one that I have a good amount of personal experience with, not only

treating as a physical therapist, but also as an athlete in the sport of weightlifting.

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