Chris:

In fact when I went to have the myofacial release done last Friday,
the therapist used trigger point therapy on the hip flexor. He
explained to me that this can get out of whack when knee injury
occurs. Have you thought about doing some trigger point work with
it? It is a hard place to get at, but it might help. If found this
website useful http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/trigger-
points-treatment.html

You can also try and find a massage therapist that does myofacial
release. I was such a skeptic about this, but I find that having
someone else do this really helps me, but everyone is certainly
different?

Sarah

--- In itbs@yahoogroups.com, Krista LaPan <kristaeverett@y...> wrote:
> I always had tight hip flexors, the worse on my ITBS side. Has to
do with compensating for the sore knee & also the foot strike, not
using a complete stride & pushing off from the toe.
>
> ucf5krunner <crodriguez78@m...> wrote:
> Have any of you experienced a tight groin muscle (in hip flexor
area)
> that has contributed to ITBS?? My groin muscle is contantly
tight.
> Even when I am sitting i can feel my inner thigh muscle/hip flexor
> area feeling extremely right. When i stretch this area is even
feels
> slightly painful, but a good stectching pain, not a sharp pain.
When
> I do the IT band exercises it seems to stretch out and feel better,
> but I think that since the hip flexor is actually connected to the
IT
> band, that this is what is causing the ITBS.
>
> Is it possible that because this muscle is tight that it is cuaing
my
> IT band to also be tight and slide over the femoral epicondyle??
> Have any of you experienced this?? If so, what are your
> recommendations?? Thank you.
>
> Chris
> Orlando, FL
>
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