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Very tight hip flexor - what can I do?

Just as the title states, my right hip is very very tight. I’ve had a few months off working off as I had quite significant surgery and then took my time getting back into work and didn’t have much energy for anything other than walking and family juggling, but now I’m back, I have noticed that my right hip is a real bother.

I actually can’t sit cross legged anymore. When I try, my left leg is fine to bend and position as you would do normally (foot towards the body, knee angled out and close to the floor), but I seem to have very limited mobility on the right hand side, so can’t get my right foot as close to my body, and my right knee is nowhere near the floor! If I try and gently push the knee down, either my whole body starts keeling to the right or it is quite painful and feels almost stuck - I can’t get it down!

I’m assuming I need to mobilise it and stretch it somehow, but I can’t work out what to do. Any ideas would be very welcome!