I T Band leg injury

[Guest guest]

I have been diagnosed with an I T Band injury in my leg and wondering

if anyone else has had this happen. The I T Band runs down the outside

of the leg and somehow I hurt mine and when I go for walks it starts

hurting after about 10-15mins. I am so depressed because I love

walking/hiking and now out of commission and my poor dog looks at me

and wonders why. My chiropractor did some deep muscle massage and put

electrical stimulation on the area, gave me a couple exercises to do

and told me not to go on walks for at least a week at which time I will

see her again. I am not in pain at the moment as I have not been

walking but I am worried and would like to know if anyone has had this

problem and how they handled it, hopefully a positive outcome

Thanks

hette

[Guest guest]

Hette,

I have crappy IT bands as well. The best thing you can do is keep

moving. Keep your hamstrings loose and your abductor and adductor

muscles of your hips loose. Staying very flexible doesn't eliminate

the problem, but it certainly helps with the pain. Deep tissue

massages don't really help me too much, other than loosen my up so I

can really stretch. I'd recommend still walking and hiking then doing

extensive lower back and hip stretching.

Carrie

 

 

On Apr 16, 2005, at 5:52 PM, hettenna wrote:

 

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>

> I have been diagnosed with an I T Band injury in my leg and wondering

> if anyone else has had this happen. The I T Band runs down the outside

> of the leg and somehow I hurt mine and when I go for walks it starts

> hurting after about 10-15mins. I am so depressed because I love

> walking/hiking and now out of commission and my poor dog looks at me

> and wonders why. My chiropractor did some deep muscle massage and put

> electrical stimulation on the area, gave me a couple exercises to do

> and told me not to go on walks for at least a week at which time I

> will

> see her again. I am not in pain at the moment as I have not been

> walking but I am worried and would like to know if anyone has had this

> problem and how they handled it, hopefully a positive outcome

> Thanks

> hette 

>

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