http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/ Iliotibial Band Syndrome discussion forum - helping eachother Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:34:07 GMT Melanie Galvin http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6509 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6509 Yes. I actually have gotten a bruise from my adductor being so tight after a long run. I think you are right that balance can help. Keep us posted on your Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:06:02 GMT arhafner83 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6508 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6508 If you've worked on strengthening your glutes, stretching your TFL, etc. and still are having trouble keeping ITBS away or are still feeling like your form is Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:55:49 GMT DrT (George Themelis) http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6507 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6507 ... I have found this book *extremely* useful... Before I got ITBS, I herniated a disc in my back as a result of playing racquetball aggressively and shoveling Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:35:05 GMT Nora Reich http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6506 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6506 http://www.operationironman.com/2008/07/itb-band-stretches.html I like the second one and the Yoga pigeon. http://www.laufpirat.de/dehnen.html I like the first Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:42 GMT ceffyl@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6505 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6505 ... I found some exercises on a runner's web site that I've been using in addition to the ones my doctor gave me. Are there any web sites you recommend? Thank Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:01:44 GMT arhafner83 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6504 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6504 I just wanted to share a couple of books that I have found helpful. The first is the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, which teaches how to self-treat trigger Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:33:30 GMT mdougherty22000 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6503 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6503 Kim, you might want to ask your primary care physician about your situation as well or perhaps you already have. Is it your PCP who will be sending you to PT? Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:01:31 GMT Nora Reich http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6502 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6502 Kim, did your doc tell you about stretching exercises? You find some really useful streching ex. on the web. They have helped me alot. Nora ... -- Psssst! Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:22:27 GMT Ceffyl http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6501 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6501 ... Greetings. I had a chiropractic treatment that helped a lot. The ITBS showed up a few days after my second adjustment. My tendons are all very tight (low Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:15:49 GMT mdougherty22000 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6500 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6500 Kim, What kind of treatment did you have for your low back pain? Michele Dougherty Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:04:05 GMT Ceffyl Starr Aedui http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6499 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6499 Greetings. I was delighted to find this group. My doctor just diagnosed me with ITBS. I'm not a runner. The ITBS showed up after I was treated for lower back Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:59:53 GMT Ann Stewart http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6498 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6498 The menisci in one of my knees is falling apart. Actually both, but one is much more truculent. An MRI may show tears, esp. if it's a contrast MRI. Does it Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:04:11 GMT mdougherty22000 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6497 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6497 Well, I decided to seek the opinion of an orthopedic specialist who helped me with an injured shoulder 9 years ago. He has decided that I do not have ITBS as Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:09:19 GMT morgaine109 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6496 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6496 Hi all. My IT band is flaring up. Anyone have the name of a good chiro in Manhattan/NY who does ART? Better yet, any that accept insurance? Thanks Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:30:38 GMT Donna Gonzales http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6495 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/itbs/message/6495 George, Coupled with no more adductor/abductor machine exercises, I have done nothing new either except stretch real good AFTER my runs. I am back to running