pain in upper thigh

[martin_kuwawi]

Hi,

I joined a capoeira group 3 weeks ago, and now I have this weird pain. It might not be from the training though. After the training I usually got sore muscles, but this pain is different. It actually started a few days after my muscles sore were gone.

The pain occurs in the outer, upper side of my left thigh (close to the hips). This might be a bad way describe it, but it feels like back pain, but on the leg. Some times it's throbbing, something like what you feel in your head when you got migraine. It hurts when I move it, even when I lift it a little bit or when I walk. I can still use it though.

However, if I rest it for a few hours, or after I wake up from sleep, the pain is completely gone, but after around 10 minutes of walking, it comes back on. It really hurts when I move it after I stand up in one position for a long time, especially if I put my weight on the left leg.

Sorry for the long message,
Please help me if anyone knows what's going on, or know how to cure this.

Thank you,
Martin

[Heidi]

Hi
Could be so many different things. As you say it is bad on weight bearing and walking and improves after rest I think it is probably muscular - maybe one of the outer hip or thigh muscles.
Have you tried stretching all of the surrounding hip muscles?
Sports massage?
The best thing of course would be to visit a sports injury professional who can assess it for you?