IT Band?

[Catrin]

I have to question your assumption that it's ITBS. That often manifests as pain on the outside, not inside, of the knee. That's where i felt it FWIW. While it can cause hip pain, knee pain is much more common. So the site of your pain, along with the fact that it's radiating down your leg, makes me wonder. Now what kind of injury IS more likely, I don't know. Perhaps Wahine will weigh in.

It doesn't radiate far...but Oak's comment got me to thinking

Didn't you have a sartorius injury before? Is this the same area? That and/or maybe the adductor magnus, if it's bugging you above the medial knee?

I'm guessing just a bit of overuse if you've been increasing mileage lately. Some of those adductor muscles don't see a lot of use off the bike. Easy does it. Day or two off is probably a good idea. Don't neglect the medial thighs with your foam roller. And half moon pose seems to cure everything for me...

Oakleaf, I had forgotten about the sartorius injury (the quad and hamstring injuries in that leg were far more memorable - they were at the same time but from different sources) - for some reason I was thinking the IT band crosses the thigh from the hip and winds up at the inner side of the knee but obviously I need an anatomy lesson as THAT is the sartorius I have both foam roller and "stick" and will look up the half-moon pose to see what that is.

I've been trying to remember to use the Helix Lateral trainer at the gym for 15-20 minutes once or twice a week to give the abductors/adductors some work but have been slipping on that.

My fitter did tweak the saddle height just a bit (I've been messing with the post installing the rack) and reminded me it is time to back off on the leg work at the gym - he thinks that it is more related to continuing lower body weights while increasing riding on both road and trail. I think he is right. I will take the weekend off the bike and just go walking in the park to enjoy the weather. I really hadn't gotten far in increasing my mileage - I got 29 miles yesterday but that was split into 2 rides...