I Have Hip Pain When I Run and My Hip Feels Sore

Hip pain when you run and soreness around your hip can make each stride increasingly uncomfortable as repeated activity tires and strains the muscles around the area.

When your hip starts feeling sore during a run, you may notice that the discomfort becomes harder to ignore with each mile. Your hip flexors, glutes, and other muscles around the hip work throughout your stride, and repeated running can put ongoing stress on these areas without giving them much time to settle during the activity.

As those muscles become tired, they may not move as comfortably through your normal stride. The soreness can become more noticeable when you run farther, increase your pace, tackle hills, or keep running after the area has already started bothering you.

Your Hip Works Harder With Every Running Stride

Every stride repeatedly asks the muscles around your hip to move and control your leg.

Your hip flexors help bring your leg forward while your glutes help control the leg as you move through each stride. When these muscles are repeatedly worked during running, the area can become sore from the ongoing demand, particularly when your distance or pace is higher than usual.

The Soreness Builds As Your Run Goes On

Repeated running can make soreness more noticeable as the hip muscles become fatigued.

You may start a run feeling relatively comfortable and then notice your hip becoming sore as the miles add up. The muscles around the hip have to keep working with every stride, and fatigue can make the area less comfortable as the activity continues.

This can be especially noticeable during a longer run or when you run uphill, where the muscles around your hip have to work harder. You may also notice the soreness more clearly once you stop running and the area is no longer warmed up by continuous movement.

Why Your Hip Soreness Keeps Returning During Runs

Your hip has a hard time healing when blood flow and circulation are limited.

Tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissues naturally receive less blood supply than many other parts of the body. Because of this, they often take longer to heal after repeated stress or injury, leaving you more vulnerable to lingering pain and a cycle of reinjury.

When circulation through the area remains limited, injured tissues have a harder time receiving the vital oxygen and nutrients they need to repair and heal. This can leave your hip feeling stiff, tight, weak, or painful during everyday movement and activity.

What Can Help Your Hip Feel Better

Your hip starts feeling better when blood flow and circulation improve.

Chinese herbs have been used for centuries to promote healthy blood flow and circulation. Their medicinal properties help break up stagnant blood and fluids that remain trapped around injured tissues, interfering with circulation. As circulation improves, blood flows more freely through the area, allowing those tissues to receive the oxygen and nutrients they need to heal properly.

Topical herbal remedies made with these Chinese herbs can help relieve pain while improving blood flow and circulation to injured tissues. The right product depends on your symptoms and whether you're in the acute or chronic stage of recovery.

If you have pain, swelling, inflammation, or bruising, Acute Sinew Liniment helps relieve these symptoms by increasing circulation and dispersing stagnant blood and fluids around the injured area to speed recovery. During the acute stage of healing, getting circulation moving early allows injured tissues to receive the fresh blood, oxygen, and nutrients they need to repair and heal.

If your injured area is especially swollen, red, or warm to the touch after a recent injury or flare-up, Sinew Herbal Ice is also used to reduce swelling and inflammation while restoring normal circulation so you can quickly regain range of motion. While traditional ice is commonly used to reduce swelling, Sinew Herbal Ice acts as an ice alternative to reduce swelling and inflammation while also dispersing accumulated blood and fluids to speed the healing process.

If you no longer have swelling or inflammation, but still have pain, stiffness, weakness, or sensitivity in cold and damp weather, Chronic Sinew Liniment helps relieve these symptoms by strongly stimulating circulation and increasing blood supply to injured tendons and ligaments to promote their healing. This is especially important because tendons and ligaments naturally receive less blood supply, which is why chronic injuries can take longer to heal.

If you have residual pain and stiffness, or the area becomes more painful in cold weather, Sinew Injury Poultice is also used to significantly stimulate circulation to injured tendons and ligaments to further promote their healing. By strongly increasing circulation, it counteracts the reduced blood flow caused by cold weather that commonly aggravates chronic tendon and ligament injuries.

If you exercise, play sports, or do other strenuous activities, Sinew Sports Massage Oil warms and stimulates muscles for exertion and relieves muscle tightness and soreness after activity. Warming and preparing your muscles before activity can improve flexibility, enhance performance, and reduce the risk of injury.

Frequently Asked Questions

You may also find these commonly asked questions helpful.

Why does my hip hurt and feel sore when I run?

Repeated running can fatigue and irritate the muscles around your hip, causing soreness to become more noticeable during or after your run.

Why does my hip get more sore the longer I run?

Your hip muscles have to keep working with every stride, so fatigue can make soreness increasingly noticeable as your run continues.

Can running cause a sore hip?

Yes. Repeated running can place ongoing demands on the muscles and tendons around your hip, leaving the area sore, especially after longer or harder runs.

Why does my hip feel sore after running?

Your hip muscles may be tired from repeated movement, particularly if you ran farther, faster, or harder than usual.

Should I keep running if my hip feels sore?

If running consistently increases your hip pain or soreness, reducing the activity and allowing the area to settle can help prevent the problem from becoming worse.

The information provided here is intended to help you better understand your symptoms and recovery, but it is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Persistent, severe, or worsening symptoms should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare professional.