westtexas
07-07-2012, 05:27 AM
I know since I was diagnosed with IT band problems (and muscle strength incongruity) and went through physical therapy for it, I have seen so many posts about it here on the forum. I was reading Sweat Science this morning and an older article was posted about the merits of strength training vs. stretching to help ease this painful condition:
Strengthening, Not Stretching for IT Band Syndrome (http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/2012/06/strengthening-not-stretching-to-deal-with-iliotibial-band-syndrome/)
This matches my experience - that the stretching exercises they had me do in the beginning helped a little, but when I started doing leg presses and leg lifts and using the resistance band (among other quadricep and hamstring strengthening exercises) that's when I saw real improvement with my knee and have since not had a problem with it.
Thought I'd share!
Strengthening, Not Stretching for IT Band Syndrome (http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/2012/06/strengthening-not-stretching-to-deal-with-iliotibial-band-syndrome/)
This matches my experience - that the stretching exercises they had me do in the beginning helped a little, but when I started doing leg presses and leg lifts and using the resistance band (among other quadricep and hamstring strengthening exercises) that's when I saw real improvement with my knee and have since not had a problem with it.
Thought I'd share!