IT band knee pain

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  • Two Flat Tyres
    Two Flat Tyres Posts: 29
    pride4ever wrote:
    Ignore and i mean IGNORE anyone on here who says buy a foam roller for ITBS. Your Iliotibial band is connective fascia tissue not a muscle. You could hang a fkin mini off it, it is that strong. You need to stretch and then stretch and then stretch again. Thee best and only real cure for ITBS is doing the clam and stretching your hamstrings, but mainly tons of clams.
    How do i know this... because Im a physio who as cured too many cyclists with this problem.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrpySwfxjxA

    Fair enough.... but a foam roller worked for me to ease my IB's and eradicate knee pain on longer rides / runs.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    It's not the rolling of the IT band per se, its the rolling of the muscles so they don't get tight around it, from what I understand, particularly the quads
  • turbo1191
    turbo1191 Posts: 501
    As above.. foam roller and a bike fit sorted mine. My cleats were also in the wrong positio. .

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