this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Well I got past the patellar tendonitis and now we're back to our old friend IT band pain.

What exercises/strategies/changes in running technique have you found helpful for this?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I stretch after I run. When I had IT band tightness and pain in my knees I added IT band stretches like in this image except I place my hand much higher on the wall. The pain went away after a few sessions. Note that more advanced stretches may not be the best idea if your IT bands are super tight, you can easily injure yourself. If I don’t run and stretch at least once every 2 weeks, the pain will return.

Edit: image wasn’t working https://www.sparkpeople.com/assets/exercises/613.gif

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ok, what’s up with images and links? Anyone else having issues posting or viewing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wrote a short tutorial on how to post images:

https://lemmy.nz/post/746200

It worked when I used the ![] method

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok thx will take a look and edit my post

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel your pain. I wish I had something constructive to add. See me previous post on my ITB issue for some suggestions from others.

https://beehaw.org/post/474145

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Unless is achilies or pf, but it is always one of those three

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I found rotating the drop of my shoes helped, but you can't go from 10-0 in one day, I happen to have low and medium drop and alternate based on distance and day.