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Dude, that sucks!!!!!! how do you know it is ITBS? Is your IT band actually hurting, because usually ITBS will show up in some sort of knee pain. Given that, make sure you do some serious stretching. I had what I thought was ITBS a while back, and even a doctor had told me that my ITB was tight and was causign the pain. However, I then went to a seminar for the TP Massage Ball where they touted that knee pain is really mainly caused by tight calf muscles. I started making sure I stretched my calf muscles (upper and lower - it's really the lower one that most people skip and the one that gives you the most problems) every day and have not had any knee pain since (knock on wood). Also, if you have a foam roller or even "the stick" use that to massage the calves as well - really work out the kinks and you'll be amazed how much looser your legs feel and it might help the knee. Best of luck with the running. Jeff
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