IT Band ideas

[Catrin]

It's the little hip flexor/abductor/internal rotator that feeds into the proximal anterior ITB. I think in most people it's more likely to be inflexible than it is weak, since it's a primary walking muscle, but besides making sure to hit it with the foam roller, you'll want to balance internal vs. external rotation, and abduction vs. adduction.

This makes sense, and all of my correctives are addressing flexibility/mobility issues. And, of course, it is indeed THAT leg that had all of the over-use injuries a couple of years back... We do have a PVC pipe at my gym wrapped in tape when we need to roll with something more...aggressive than foam. I will hit it before my group training session tomorrow morning. I am very glad my knee responded to the hip mobility work I did this afternoon. I knew it was really from the IT Band, but that just confirmed it for me.