If you are sitting a lot, do you sit with your legs
crossed? If so, you should try to get in the habit of
crossing at the ankles and not at the knee, it's less
stressful on the IT band.

--- zumbergc <zumbergc@...> wrote:

> Where you describe the pain is exactly where the
> itband, on the
> outside of the leg, running from the knee to the
> hip.
>
> A friend at the gym, recently told me of her pain
> from the knee to
> the hip. Wasn't below the knee, but above but the
> area she and you
> describe is your itband.
>
> I get more pain above the knee in that area than
> below the knee, its
> still your itband. I've talked to one massage
> therapists, and he
> mentioned where the pain is, sometimes has to do
> with your muscle
> structure, and extactly how strong your legs are,
> and where the
> muscle is.
> On the side of the leg, toward the front of the leg
> is where some
> insertion points are for some muscles. I tend to
> get trigger
> points, knots there first before things start to
> spread pain wise.
>
> I'd try the patt strap, for the simple reason it
> helps some here and
> some it doesn't help. If it helps its a good $$
> spent. Otherwise,
> just chalk it up as it didn't work for me. Its a
> crap shoot, but
> hope for the best.
>
> Why you have the problem. Are you sitting all day,
> have you
> started some type of fitness program, doesn't matter
> how little of a
> program. Did you switch jobs from being off your
> feet or on your
> feet recently? There people on the site who are and
> aren't fitness
> enthusiasts.
>
> You should at least start a stretching program.
> Stretching your
> quads, hams, itband, along with your calves.
> Might try the foam rollar, or the stick, or a tennis
> ball and work
> on your tight muscles, and the itband. You can try
> some cross-
> frictional massage to work on the itband.
> Also take a look at your inner thigh as well.
> Sometimes i get knots
> there and only notice them when my knee starts to
> hurt, or i use
> the foam rollar on that section.
>
> Good luck,
> Connie
>
> And, the pain seems to run up and down the outside
> part of my
> thigh and in my hip--not really a knee issue for me,
> as is the case
> with many people on the list.
> >
> > I'm not sure if that Patt strap would help me or
> not, and I'm also
> developing the IT band soreness in my other leg now
> as well.
> >
> > Since you are all battling this, what is your take
> on this
> matter? What is your best guess as to why I have
> this? Do you
> think it is the same injury that you have, if my
> band is causing
> problems on my outer leg, and not my knee?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Donna
>
>
>
>