Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
I strongly recommend (correction, I'm down on my knees begging) that any woman who is having IT-band issues figure out what is going wrong with their leg mechanics to CAUSE an IT-band problem in the first place.

Fix that, "fix" the IT-band.

IT-bands don't just spontaneously decide to go nuts.

Something is WRONG with your posture, or your muscle balance, or something.
(Probably pronation of the entire lower extremity from the hip to the foot, "Betty Boop" leg, "Dumb-butt" syndrome, gluteal amnesia, teen-aged girl knee, internally rotated hip, etc.)
My fitter helped me realize that my triple crank was the likely culprit of my ITB pain. I swamped it out for a compact and haven't had any issues since, at least not issues related to my ITB.