ITBS and road running, is camber the cause? (Read 219 times)

PRESTOALOE

posted: 1/27/2013 at 11:08 PM

This is me too:

Quote from J-L-C on 1/20/2013 at 11:00 PM:

I go through spells of the same thing so I make it a point to switch sides of the road whenever feasible. Definitely seems to help.

I've suffered from this very same problem a few times before, and it's compounded with various increases in mileage. For street based races I try to stay in the middle of the road out of paranoia.

kpk33x

posted: 1/28/2013 at 12:17 AM

I fought ITBS and I think the camber exacerbated it though the main cause was likely my form. Started switching during runs to even it out. Luckily I don't spend a lot of time on heavily traveled roads and a lot of my course is now sidewalks.

I only got rid of it when I took up ice hockey. Skating strengthens the groin/inside of the legs enough that it eliminated the ITBS imbalance. No problems since.