[Closed] IT Band or other injury?

On the bony bit that sticks out?

Could be your hip busar getting twanged by your it band

i had the same on both sides and would not go away, all i had to do was rest for about a week, week and a half - hard to do of course, but it never came back.

Thought ITB problems were usually around the side of the knee?

I had IT band issues a few years back. Just above the inside of the knee.

For several weeks/months I've been getting pain in the outside of my left thigh after running.

Ask someone that has a clue 🙂
Failing that look up some ITB stretches and foam roller exercises (you can improvise if you don't want to buy a roller). I wouldn't think you'd do any harm.

I have this at the moment and have had it for about 4 months now.

It came on really gradually and I thought it was ITB or quads too.

It got really severe, to the point where it was pulling my lower back and everything was very painful. I couldn't lie flat or bend down (e.g. lifting toilet lid was embarrassingly impossible)

If any of these symptoms are also similar you may have what I have got - illiopsoas (hip flexor).

Mine is gradually recovering with the help of a corrective exercise specialist. It is a funny muscle. If you try stretching it too much or god forbid massaging it then it tenses up completely and is even worse.

Apparently its pretty common in cyclists because they get really strong psoas (hip flexor) muscles which then take over and lead to the glut muscles getting weak. So the solution is to do loads of squats!

Check your glute muscles by doing a one-legged squat - are they weak?

If you catch it early (unfortunately I didnt as I didnt realise what it was) I would say a combination of stretching (look up online) and strengthening your glutes will help you. Cant do any harm anyway!

But best off see an expert as any injury for a long time is not a good thing and your body is trying to tell you something!

Have you considered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica

Cheers for the replies. Foam roller was the first thing I was going to try as I already use it for my back.

I have private medical which would cover a sports physio so will persue that if the roller fails to improve things or it gets worse.

Cheers,

Paul

Could be any one of a number of things.

Go see a good MSK physio. What are these sports physios that people keep banging on about? I'm work as a physio, I work in elite sport, I work alongside four other physios in the same place - none of us would call ourselves sports physios.