11.   Adams suffered a strained hip flexor Thursday night in the scrimmage.

12.   After playing the last five games on unforgiving artificial surfaces, Alfonzo aggravated the hip flexor on a single in the fourth inning.

13.   But just as he had feared, the hip flexor he sustained then prevented him from showing his customary gusto against Rusedski.

14.   But Kittles still felt some pain Sunday, which might mean the second-year shooting guard is now being plagued by a hip flexor.

15.   But on any other surface, his strained hip flexor might not have crippled his championship bid.

16.   Despite a hip flexor strain, Capriati got better as the match progressed, cutting down her errors in the final set.

17.   Dickson is trying to return from a strained left hip flexor.

18.   Defenseman Sheldon Souray, who played his second game after missing the first two because of a hip flexor injury, started the sequence.

19.   Doug Edwards has spent the entire season on the injured list with a strained hip flexor.

20.   Elliott and Chasan recommend that golfers then do stretching exercises for their hamstrings, quadriceps, hip flexors and muscles that control lateral bending and rotating motions.