IT Band Syndrome

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

Has anyone dealt with or is dealing with this? Believe this is what my Husband has...has had it now for Two weeks...he is icing it...using a can or a crutch...hoping it will go away...terrible pain. Just taking Tylenol and turmeric for the inflammation....

no injuries to the knee... no inflammation that is visible.

I think it is just aging and probably years of being inactive.... he will not let me discuss THAT with him... will call me a nag...🙄🫢

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@SeaMaiden My husband struggled with this off and on during his running years, once during the Chicago Marathon when he was still far from the finish line. There are stretching exercises that can help plus a rolling exercise that uses a foam roller. You can find tutorials on YouTube for IT Band Stretches (or a similar type search). Good luck to your husband.

mspatmac · ‎06-10-2015

There is a lot of information on line about this but from what I read he's on the right track but there are more suggestions offered.

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Has anyone dealt with or is dealing with this? Believe this is what my Husband has...has had it now for Two weeks...he is icing it...using a can or a crutch...hoping it will go away...terrible pain. Just taking Tylenol and turmeric for the inflammation....

no injuries to the knee... no inflammation that is visible.

I think it is just aging and probably years of being inactive.... he will not let me discuss THAT with him... will call me a nag...🙄🫢

PT boring as f, but helps

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Not me but it's not uncommon, I saw it hundreds of times in medical records at work. It's when the big ligament that runs from the pelvis down tightens and rubs against the thigh bone. Athletes get it. People who bend their legs repetitively get it. Some get it and they don't know why. Treatment where I worked was always physical.therapy, ice packs, rest, Tylenol.or Motrin. It almost always heals after a few weeks. I saw it in patients of all ages, and activity levels so I don't believe it's related to age. Even young kids can get it.

brandiwine · ‎03-11-2010

Do you happen to have a pool near by? Therapy pool that is around 90 degrees is ideal. It's much easier to stretch and if he can use the floaty water weights and stay suspended, it will help. At our gym I can talk to a trainer who will give me ideas for specifics or if your DH will do 1 session with a physical therapist, they can help design a water program for him. Hope he feels better soon

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@brandiwine wrote:
Do you happen to have a pool near by? Therapy pool that is around 90 degrees is ideal. It's much easier to stretch and if he can use the floaty water weights and stay suspended, it will help. At our gym I can talk to a trainer who will give me ideas for specifics or if your DH will do 1 session with a physical therapist, they can help design a water program for him. Hope he feels better soon

@brandiwine DH is as Stubborn as " H"...maybe he will go to a physical therapist after going for his yearly checkup come end of the month...he is good if a doctor suggests something....but will not listen to me... great suggestion though!

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

@SeaMaiden

This is 1 of the many issues I had during my several decades of running Road Races. Mine surfaced as possibly being a knee/hip/lower back problem. It effected all 3 areas of my body.

My first inclination was to suspect my back, because I had back surgery. More specifically because it mimicked Sciatic Nerve pain, what I went through prior to my L-5/S-1 lumbar discs being removed.

From my experiences with Chondromalacia Patella, pain around the knee. It also caused pain around my right hip, which made it even harder to figure out where the source began and ended. Thanks to several Running Clinics I had attended, I was able to know it was ITBS, and things to do which helped it, for me.

I got some guidelines from a couple Exercise Physiologists, and they also told me to improvise them to suit my specific, individual body makeup.

Of course ICE is always the first go to when pains occur. What worked for me was stretching, in specific ways, all the muscles and connective tissues around the hip joint.

I found what worked for me and did them on a regular basis, moreso at the onset of the ITBS. It gradually and stubbornly went away. My Chiropractor, who was a friend, used to call me about a patient he had with ITBS symptoms.

At my next visit, I showed him exactly, the different ways I did my stretches, and suggested he might have his patient try them and see if it helped with their ITBS. From that point on he showed them to all his patients he diagnosed with ITBS.

Will see if I can find any pictures, or videos, that replicate these stretches that ended my problem with my lliotibial Band.

That and Plantar Fasciitis were 2 of the types of injuries that were stubborn and took Committment/Patience in working ones way through it.

I hope your Husband has success finding the source(s)of his ITBS, and dealing with those issues at the start. Causes? There are a Myriad of things that can cause ITBS, and by my keeping a very inclusive diary of my every day runs. I was able to use the Process of Elimination to find my causes, which were not singular.

hckynut 🇺🇸

hckynut(john)

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@hckynutjohn Thank you for your interesting information. My Husband is not active at all... as you are and have been most of your life...

I would call him a couch potato, not to be calling him names...but, he "chooses" to be inactive and other than mowing the grass a couple of times a year, he is sitting in front of the TV watching car races.... or laying in bed reading or on his phone... from chair to bed... no walking or exercise of any kind.

He is not overweight, not an over eater.... which is a good thing. But not probably in good physical health being inactive. I feel this is what brought this on.

There is really nothing I can do will motivate him to move more... I become a nag if I bring it up to him. And since he never tells me what to do or anything like that, I really should not tell him what to do. I am sure he knows.... I just hope he decides on his own to start moving more and taking care of himself.