pain to outside of hip and upper buttock

[booner]

hi, i was playing squash yesterday and over lunged(over stretched) left leg forward and felt a sharp pain in front/outside of my left leg crease, after getting home and resting i have now realised there is pain mostly in side of pelvis round to very top of buttock. leading this leg to climb stairs and lifting leg to get into car causes most discomfort to side of hip/pelvis. also, a firm self massage to these areas has extreme revealed extreme tenderness in the aforementioned top of buttock. thanks steve.

[Heidi]

Hi
It is probably a pulled gluteal (buttock) muscle.
If it only happened yesterday then you should just be resting it and maybe applying some ice for now. Don't do any massage just yet - it's too soon for an acute injury.
After 2-3 days start to gently stretch the glute muscles. You can find some stretches here under the hip and groin section: http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/stretching/allstretches.php
Massage may help but you need to leave it at least 72 hours.

[booner]

thanks for the quik reply, would the discomfort in the front and side of pelvis be caused by the gluteal or have i damaged my the flexor as well?? cant stoop and rise at all because of the front /side pain.

[Heidi]

Pain to the side could be the gluteals.
I think its unlikely a hip flexor problem as they wouldn't really be damaged in that movement. It is more the overstretching of the buttock. Could possibly be a referred pain from the back.