Help! (ITB injury) (Read 1224 times)

At a track meet about 2 months ago, my IT Band tightened up in my knee...and the pain basically hasn't gone away. I've talked to trainers, and have stretches and I wear a knee brace at night to keep from screwing it up...but nothing will get rid of it. Recently, it started tightening up more in my hip than my knee. I need help! I've started XC training, and won't have real time of to nurse it until november...anything i can do?

Thank you! The stretches the trainer has me doing are similar...but hopefully these will help too. Good luck with your running!

I've had similar pain (and others) over the past couple of years. Stretching, rest and icing seem to be the best remedy. I ride a bike a lot more now and only run a couple days a week. I've found that riding in low gears (spinning) has kept my 5K time about what it was with running alone. Hope you feel better soon D.

I don't know about those straps, but have you considered that maybe there's something wrong with either your feet or shoes that is causing your problems? Like perhaps one foot overpronates and one underpronates or something like that? From my understanding, problems in the feet often go unnoticed because the body compensates higher up. A problem that travels up the body (knees... then hips... then back...) often has its origin at the level of the feet. It might be worth seeing a sports doc or podiatrist to see if you can fix the cause of the problem rather than just the effect. Just my $.02, as they say. edited to add: Oops. I didn't notice that you weren't the original poster who had IT trouble moving from her knee up her hip... Sorry! Still, might be worth it all the same. Good luck to you!