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A few days of foam rollering now and doing some of those stretches advised - I can feel a significant difference
Clearly there is a lot of differing opinions as to what is actually going on and its not an area I know much about beyond the basic anatomy so I will organise a physio appointment to make sure I am not just treating the symptoms but go after the cause.
Ta for your thoughts and help
A few days of foam rollering now and doing some of those stretches advised - I can feel a significant difference
Clearly there is a lot of differing opinions as to what is actually going on and its not an area I know much about beyond the basic anatomy so I will organise a physio appointment to make sure I am not just treating the symptoms but go after the cause.
Ta for your thoughts and help
FFS - got the 502 failure so clicked reload - usually this does not result in multiple posts.
If you watch that video I linked above, there is really no need to see a physio to treat this issue.
I had pain so bad in that area it stopped me sleeping. It was the stretching that sorted it. Foam rolling hurts too much. Try just stretching without the roller, see if that works.
edward - sorry mate but what I need is a diagnosis which needs a hands on professional. Youtube vids are no susbstitute. I do not have pain at that point that he shows so that vid is irrelevant to me
Oh sorry. I misunderstood the first sentence in the OP
FFS – got the 502 failure so clicked reload – usually this does not result in multiple posts.
When that happens I click back, and on Chrome my text is still there in the box. But if the post actually worked you can see your post already committed so you know if it's received it or not.
edward - I thought I had the classic IT band syndrome but after a few answers actually what I have is a tight IT band but not the classic pain at the knee. so my failure - sorry
I will organise a physio appointment
YMMV, I did 10+ physio sessions and follow-up exercises over many months, it fixed me (ITBS) for a sedentary lifestyle but not hiking and biking. Paid for an app-based course "mountain proof knees", did it religiously and was sorted in 6 weeks. I'm sure it could be sorted free with the right research and understanding (I tried and failed), but I just got to the point where this thing had to be fixed 'cause I really like going up hills and coming back down again.
I need a hands on diagnosisand a suitable set of exercises / stretches I think not a series of treatments
I have been continuing with the stretches and rollering tho and it feels better