to anyone with it band injuries...

i'm just now dealing with my first bit of IT band issues, but i'm sure it won't be my last. I roll it and ice it every day, but it's still really sore in the mornings and at night. I can feel big knots in my IT band when i roll it out or have it massaged, but not just rubbing my hand over it. How long does it take to get to where it will be less painful in the mornings? Ive been doing treatment for about a week now and can tell it's getting a little better already.

I had my first bout of ITB this summer after a month of inactivity due to mono. I tried working on it myself (ice, foam roller, self massage, IBP, strength training), nothing worked. Finnally I went to see a chrio who specialzed in ART (active release technique) and I was running withing weeks. It's been about 8 weeks since I was only able to run 15min at a time and I just came in from a 14miler without even knowing I ever had the problem!

maybe i'm just an anomaly, but my coach made me take two weeks off and i came back with one of those knee braces. never stretched or iced, just grunted through the days i could run and sat out the days i couldn't. lasted about 6-8 weeks total and now i'm fine.

do they hurt? if they do, foam roll the shit out of them. i mean the nodules. i think it could be trigger points...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_point

I have ITB issues as well, but have never had bumps.

I had large, hard nodules on my legs when I had my IT band flare-ups. I tried about everything you have, but was able to get it under control with the foam roller, eventually moving to a piece of PVC pipe.

I would get lazy about keeping up with the rolling and my problems kept recurring until I switched to shoes with less medial posting. I don't want to turn your thread into a minimalism thread but I know of a lot of people who think that IT band problems were caused by too much control.

Actually, I keep it under control through minimalism, too. Running barefoot and on a forefoot plant fixed it, but sometimes the ground gets really cold and that's not an option.

when I hit the roads with trainers, after about three miles I start feeling it in the IT band. I can still do 10 milers or so, but I'm wondering if the nodules in there have anything to do with the fact that the band still seems somewhat affected.

Does anyone know if deep tissue ice massage would work?

Has anyone just run through this and it's gotten better? My team really needs me indoors so i need to get in a killer base. My knee doesn't kill me, and it doesn't alter my stride. The only time it really hurts is in the morning and it's just really stiff, but i can nothing unbearable. Before my afternoon workouts i take ibuprofen and roll it out and can barely feel it when i run. Is it safe to run on?

AHHH iVE TOLD THIS SO MANY TIMES TO SO MANY PEOPLE

GET IT STRONGER!! EVERY DAY, IN THE GYM. HEAVY LIFTING ON YOUR STABILIZERS AND YOU WILL GET BETTER

ITS THE ONLY WAY TO TRUELY GET RID OF IT

EVERY DAY

I have this problem for about a year till someone educated me. All the rest simply masks the problem

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