DESPERATE ITBS Sufferer!!!

[HoopsATS]

Help! I have been dealing with ITBS for two years now. I have been to numerous doctors, had a cortisone injection, and have been to countless physical therapists. Additionally, I have taken 6 months off of running and nothing has helped. Stretching, hip strengthening exercises and foam rollers haven't helped at all.

Sometimes I can run 2 miles before lateral knee pain hurts and sometimes it happens after 20 steps. As soon as I am done running, the pain stops. Literally, the only times I have pain is running or sitting for more than an hour.

If the top of my knee cap is the 12 o'clock position, going clockwise, the pain is in 8 o'clock position.

I started taking ART from a local chiropractor, but I can't afford to keep doing it. He said he has helped serious runners, which I am not so much. He advised that I do not stretch anymore because it is only causing more damage for now. I have heard so many conflicting things that I don't know what to do anymore. I would still appreciate any advice though!!

[jon gaper]

maybe a runners forum?

[telkwa]

Is foam rolling painful if you roll without supporting yourself with anything but your arms? If so, there is benefit to continuing it.

[pinto]

Look up IMS, dry needling. I had a stubborn ITB problem, not as bad as yours, but foam rolling, massage, pt, nothing worked until he pulled out the needles. It isn't acupuncture, but it uses needles. I was much better after one treatment, totally healed after the second. Good luck.

[BS720]

There's a clinic near Stanford that specializes in it. My
Friend's ex went there and they did extremely painful manipulation, and she's still running. The other thing I would suggest, in spite of being a practitioner of modern medicine, would be IMT, or Integrated Manual Therapy. These people work miracles when it comes to injuries.

[KimD]

Look up IMS, dry needling. I had a stubborn ITB problem, not as bad as yours, but foam rolling, massage, pt, nothing worked until he pulled out the needles. It isn't acupuncture, but it uses needles. I was much better after one treatment, totally healed after the second. Good luck.

I can attest to IMS. My PT used it to help get some of those lateral muscles to let go and she's also been using it on a wicked case of tennis elbow I developed this summer and it's really making a difference.