> I try myself to work on my trigger points. However just above my
> knee toward the outside of my knee. I have probably a cluster of
> trigger points. I've ben trying to work on them myself, without
> success.

When you say that you're not sucessful, do you mean that you're not
able to release them at all or that you can release them bu tthey
come back?

I'm not 100% sure if its in the itband, or the outter
> part of the quad muscle. I asked the PT, and he was saying the
area
> where the knots are, are part of the itband, and my massage lady
was
> saying they were in my quad. Either way the really tight itband,
is
> squishing things, and pulling things where they aren't suppose to
> go.

I was trying to figure this out for myself too. From what I've read,
the evidence seems to be pointing towards trigger points being
contracted muscle fibers, not fascia. This would indicate that
trigger points in the quad area are the quads. The IT Band doesn't
really have muscle fibers to contract, although trigger points in the
butt area will cause it to be tight. Anyway, I decided that it didn't
really matter to me as long as I could loosen them up.