Physical Therapy question (Read 521 times)

I went through a few different doctors and two sets of PT with two different insurance plans for my ITBS, and aside from indicating that it might be a muscle imbalance, they were not successful in treating me. I only started seeing improvement (14 months later) after introducing hamstring strengthening exercises 3 times a week. This was never offered as a possibility to me by anyone. I read recently that ITBS is more of a symptom than a specific ailment. Many things can cause the knee pain (leg muscle imbalance - there are many to chose from, pronation, leg length differences, weak hip muscles, etc.) but there is much less information on diagnosing which of the possibilities is occurring. If I go through this again, I would insist on a bunch of muscle tests etc. to determine the problem before going through the PT's gamut of default exercises.

i guess it depends on the injury and its severity/history. i was in PT in march and april for itbs and glut/hip issues resulting from falling on some ice in january. i ran runs of 18/20/22 and 24 on mtn trails during therapy (after about 5 visits).