Deadlift hip injury rehab

Hi everyone (, and sorry for crappy English),

I would like to hear some opinion about nagging problem I am currently experiencing.

I am 31 year old, male, I have been lifting for 2 years now. Currently I train according to intermediate template by Jordan.

About 4 months ago I tried to catch up my old numbers after lengthy viral infection. During one set of heavy deadlifts I started to feel pinching pain in my left hip on eccentric. I thought it is nothing serious and finished three more sets. Next day however I felt nagging pain in my glute area even when at rest and it persisted for whole week or two.

I decided to deload then not do deadlifts and heavy squats at all for some time then I switched for front squats. Now I’m trying to slowly work my self back up but I can still feel some stiffness during and shortly after heavy deadlifts/squats. I can also feel it when I try to stand on left leg and bend forward (to tie my shoe on other leg).

Even though things are getting better and “symptoms” are pretty mild, I was just wondering if anyone experienced anything similar? Or what the diagnosis could be?

I am also wondering If I should continue to train through it", It seems like it’s not getting worse and my numbers are very slowly getting up, but sometimes I get nervous about it (yes I am hypochondriac).

I would be glad for any suggestions. I could definitely cope up with mild hip discomfort I just don’t want make things worse in long run and manage this right.

If things are improving and the symptoms are mild, there is likely no need to worry about the diagnosis, and we should instead focus on the prognosis – which appears to be good.

You should continue training, though we need to be clear with our terms when we say things like “train through it”. We would typically not advise aggressive load increases that are causing increased sensitivity, but rather loading to tolerance. It sounds like you’re doing fine in training and probably shouldn’t be too worried about these mild and improving symptoms.