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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:59 am    Post subject: iliotibial band syndrome Reply with quote

Has anyone had this inflammation where it gives pain just down from the hip?

I had it a few years ago but then it gave pain by the side of the knee(like a hot sensation).

This has caused my left leg to be weakened quite a bit.

How long does it last and what's the remedy?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

trapped nerve? muscle firing pattern out of sync?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't it happen when your saddle is too low?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

legro wrote:
trapped nerve? muscle firing pattern out of sync?


This is more a dull ache that bothers me when i'm in the saddle(pushing hard) but not so much when out of the saddle.

Don't know about the muscle pattern firing,i've never heard of that.

Doesn't bother me too much when off the bike.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mild sciatica?

Remedy = Go see physio.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joursans wrote:
Mild sciatica?

Remedy = Go see physio.


That's what I'm thinking too if it's an ache causing loss of power.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain)


Wooden rolling pin from your hip to your knee

Sorted me out a TREAT. Like stretch says though, really painful
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cjdjustride wrote:
stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.


Best piece of advice you're likely to get.


The key word here is "good"
I spent time and money and was no better after seeing a "sports therapist" who didn't really make a diagnosis.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup, horrid it is too Crying or Very sad

I had it a few years back in my right knee. I could almost time it to the mile during that winters off season training. I could ride perfectly fine 'til I got to around 45-50 miles and then *TWANG* it would feel like someone shoved a hot *CENSORED* in the side of my knee. Many a memory of limping back from the other side of Preston to get home.

Turned out it was my legs were a bit odd- one quite a bit longer than t'other. Pilates, stretching pre/mid/post riding, saddle position and cleat stack height all adjusted...
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eightace wrote:
cjdjustride wrote:
stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.


Best piece of advice you're likely to get.


The key word here is "good"
I spent time and money and was no better after seeing a "sports therapist" who didn't really make a diagnosis.


Absolutely right. Don't get Sports Massage confused with Therapy. They are quite different. Each has it's place but you need to get the right one at the right time. As with any profession you'll get good and not so good. Word of mouth is often the best recommendation and also try to look for a therapist with a particular interest in your sport. If a therapist includes the word 're-hab' in any assessment then that should you give a little more confidence in their ability. Treatment of a problem is usually straightforward. It's the accurate identifying of the cause and prevention of recurrence that takes a little thought and effort and is quite often overlooked through ignorance or lack of professionalism.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

+lots

Ask round and find a 'good' physiotherapist. There will be someone but it can sometimes take a little time finding that person. Rolling pin or massage roller may help if a bit of muscle tightness is all that's the problem. But there might be msucular imbalances or another underlying cause in which case the pain will just keep coming back. Or you may even make it worse. So find that physio and get diagnosed, and exercised and stretched accordingly.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went to the sports injury clinic in Birmingham uni for my lower back. Not cycling specific but he figured out the problem by a theoretical approach, give me some streetches, 2 seesions later I were fixed.

Shame you aren't a student they give discount.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ali_clay wrote:
I went to the sports injury clinic in Birmingham uni for my lower back. Not cycling specific but he figured out the problem by a theoretical approach, give me some streetches, 2 seesions later I were fixed.

Shame you aren't a student they give discount.


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.


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2 Weeks of serious pain but now it's all ok Very Happy . Get a proper hard foam roller though Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

olamba wrote:
stretch armstrong wrote:
If it is IT band syndrome a foam roller's great for loosening it off, although the technique does require a bit of practice (and a high tolerance to excruciating pain Laughing ). As with any sports injury though put your hand in your pocket and go see a good sports therapist/physio to have it diagnosed properly.


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2 Weeks of serious pain but now it's all ok Very Happy . Get a proper hard foam roller though Wink


Rolling pin avoids the sheer gheyness of popping out to by a foam roller though.

And, when you're done, you can beat your significant other round the head with it before they then use it to roll out the pastry for your pie. Win / win.
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