Be aware that running through the pain is a really bad idea. You can end up like me - with bursitis in your hip and out of running commission for months - not fun. It never hurt when I ran either - it hurt when I biked. And, then, after the cortisone shot, it hurt all the f'in time.
http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/2000/02_00/fredericson.htm IT band syndrome is often associated with knee pain, so this may not be the issue for you (though I had no knee pain at all - just outer thigh and hip pain). The stretches are pretty much the same either way. I'd recommend getting it checked out though. The physical therapist did this totally wacky thing to me that worked wonders - she put a band around my upper inner thigh and then around her back. Then, she held my leg still and pushed away from my hip - stretching the actual hip joint. So strange but so good. It helped a lot for me, but I can't think of anyway to do it to yourself, because you have to really relax your leg muscles to get it to work. On 2/23/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes! It feels deep in my outer though, hurts when I step off my foot > going forward at a walk. When I do deep stretches, it feels better. It > doesn't hurt when I am running though, which is really weird. I used to > have problems with my sciatic <sp?> nerve, and had a regime of stretches > I had to use for it, so that's what I thought was the problem... Now > where's these stretches for the IT band???!!!! :D > > Sounds like you are looking forward to the training! That's awesome. > Don't worry about slacking, we all need crash time! :D I would love to > root you on in person for this event ... Hope there will be someone > there to take pictures!!! > > I'm hunkering down and putting mileage in for the next 2 weeks despite > the pain. I'm even taking a week off alcohol to see how that affects my > routine. LOL! I've been going out at night a lot lately with friends to > blow off some stress. I also have a trip to California on March 11-12, > and I'd like to lose a few more pounds for it. > > So today I have 3 miles in my head to do no matter what. > > Cheers, > Erika > -------------------------------------------------- > > ##| -----Original Message----- > ##| From: Deanna Schneider > ##| > ##| Hey Erika - where does it hurt? It could be your IT band > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197952 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
