IT Band Syndrome Causing Knee Pain

[marni]

[QUOTE=Librarygirl;509909]Oakleaf,

What is the sagittal plane? And what are the other two planes? (If it is explainable without too much complicated stuff!)

sagital plane- if you are standing beside a wall with your right shoulder touching, the wall equals you sagital plane. If I cut your arm off at the shoulder joint from front to back- I have cut itoff in a sagital plane.

If I cut you apart into front and back by going through both ears, I have cut you in the transverse plane which is parallel the wall in front of you if you stand in the middle of the room.

If I cut you apart at the waist with a cut that is parallel to the ceiling or the floor I have cut you in the medial or median plane.

I think? And I am sorry that I sound like Hannible Lecter., I had it explained to me by my father when I was a child as he cut up a a beef carcass for our winter meat many years ago.

marni

[bluebug32]

I'm currently using acupuncture to treat my IT band pain. Very successful so far!

[itself]

Just an update. I have been doing my stabilizing exercises over two months, and rolling on my quadballer every day. But as Oakleaf mentined, bike fit. Moving my recumbent seat closer to the pedals made a huge difference. Also putting the seat up at a higher angle has helped. And its amazing, not major adjustments, tweeking that has helped.

Gals, the rolling is not fun, it is painful. But if you are consistent and do it every day on your foam roller or quadballer, it helps tremendously.

Hope this helps!

[lattae]

Have you tried the Grid foam roller by TPtherapy? I have it and use it but not as much as I should. I saw a clip from the TDF Radio Shack team and they apparently use it for the riders on the team. The grid is about $39 from their website. It is about the best foam roller that I've used.