Dear Members... I just wanted to say a quick hello to the group as I am a newbie! I have just become a member of a fantastic group where you can collect tons...
Hi everyone, I'm 25 years old - female, and I have been running for 6 months but physically very active with martial arts for 6 years. I ran my first ever...
ice, stretch , ice and stretch again. It will be a good thing if you haven't got a new pair of shoes. Usually if you get pain in the ITBand it's because of...
Thank you for your thoughts. I know the stretch you are referring to, it's one I have been doing for many years in my martial arts training. I haven't run all...
Trust me, you'll pay. When our body gives us pain signals, it should be our alarm call that something is not right, and we should stop, pay attention, and...
I agree 100%. I was a very competitive distance runner many years ago. I've had a bout or two of IT band syndrome during my racing career and the worse one...
I second Cindy's warnings. I wasn't cautious enough when my itbs first flared up, and I ended up going from planning my next half marathon to being incapable...
I find where I will get in to the most trouble is if I am running at a good 6 minutes/km or so pace and then I start walking. I was pacing for a friend last...
One thing I found was that running off-road on gnarly trails didn't affect my IT band anything like running on the road, I was also able to play touch rugby...
PATERSON, Lee
Lee.Paterson@...
May 25, 2008 10:35 pm
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Hi Katie, Boy, this sounds so familiar.... It is a carbon copy of what happened to me, only instead of a 26 km race, mine was 42 km (my first marathon), back ...
Hello, We are researchers at the Social Psychology Lab of the University of Virginia conducting a study on pain intensity. This study will allow us to...
Hi there! Here are some answers: 1. It was a trail race, at Seaton Trail in Ontario. They do odd distances usually around the 25-30k mark in Ontario. 2....
I would still recommend that you have this checked out by an orthopedic surgeon. You can't even be sure that your problem is ITBS. It may be, but there are...
Hey there, So I have ITBS. About 2 years ago I thought it would be fun to start running. After about 3 months I started getting pain on the outside, lower...
Dear Stephanie, ... Pain when walking stairs is really typical for itbs. Then I had physical therapy for a few ... No wonder! I got itbs a second time after...
Does anyone have a sports medicine or orthopedic doctor in the Denver Metro Area that they would recommend for treating itbs/chronic running injuries? Thanks...
Hey all, I just finished working on the basic site for ITBSHelp.com http://www.itbshelp.com/ I built this site primarily as my own resource for all the...
Dear Daren, congratulations on your website. I find it very helpful. I posted the link on a German Internet discussion forum, as I have the feeling that in...
Hello, I am an new ITBS group member and may have some questions to ask, but I thought I'd search through older posts first and see if I can find my answers...
Dear Jean, in your post on 22 May you wrote about "anti-inflammatory diet". What kind of diet is this, and what foods make inflammatories worse or better? This...
You can google “anti-inflammatory diet” and get many hits that will go into detail on what food items are supposed to help with inflammation and also which...
Thank you, Jean, I will gogle it. But as I already eat pretty healthy, I don't know if I can do much better...! Nora ... -- GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier...
I figured that when I was typing the answer :-) ! Have you also heard of the spice turmeric? It is also supposed to be some wonder item for helping with...
Hi all, I'm having IT band release surgery in 2 weeks and have a couple of questions for those of you who have had it. 1) What is the recovery period like?...
... Dear Alex, I wish you all the best for ths surgery. I have had surgery in 2005 an can tell you about it. ... I felt the recovery went very slowly. I had...
... couple of ... can tell you about it. ... a ... concerned ... post-op. ... the scar was swollen. In March it was o.k. again and I started swimming (slowly)....
Nora, Can you explain what you mean by a foam roller? I have not heard of this device for ITB stretches. Pam ... From: jfbangle To: itbs@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Pamela Bush
pmbush@...
Sep 23, 2008 1:41 am
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Pam, a foam roller is a thing made of styrofoam. In order to see a picture, just google pictures "foam roller" or look at this, e.g. ...