How can I heal my Hip Flexor?

Playing in a high school soccer game last week, I felt a progressive pain in my hip flexor that eventually elevated to the point that I had to take myself out of the game with 10 minutes left. Now I am almost able to walk on it without pain, and have been using crutches (without putting much weight on them) until I am completely healed.

Is it better to start to walk unaided to stretch out and warm up the muscle, or stick with the crutches for another day or so to try to heal even more? I have talked to our school's athletic trainer, and he did not tell me specifically one way or the other, but did tell me I may be able to resume playing by the end of this week.

Please answer this, especially if you have medical background or have had experience with hip flexor injuries, because my coach is beginning to get impatient since I am a starter (though I am willing to stay off it to heal fully rather than return quickly to reinjure).

Please post any other tips you have. Thanks!

Go to a doctor (not just your school's sports trainer) to get it checked out,but for now stay off of it as much as possible because you don't want to make things worse.

Update - it was actually a stress fracture of the femoral neck, so thanks for the advice to stay off it, as that is what I am now continuing to do at the doctor's orders. Report It

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