Archive for June, 2009

Now that I know what’s ailing me (run-of-the-mill ITBS crap), I spent the evening gathering info and feeling much better about the situation.  Thought I’d post an update in case you guys think I’m moping around the house today.

Here’s a handful of things I was doing wrong that aggravated the situation or didn’t help.

1. I waited during the run till it really hurt to stop and stretch when I should of stretched at the first inkling. (plus I didn’t know what to stretch, either)

2. While stopping on the run, I massaged and prodded the hurting place…not supposed to do that.

3. Once home, I didn’t foam roll it correctly.  I wasn’t relaxing my leg so it wasn’t getting in there at all.  I should mention, I’ve had IT band pain a couple times before, but closer to the hip so it was easier to attack.

4. Stopped ibuprofen after one day, should have kept on for a few consecutive days.

5. Only iced when it was hurty.  I’ll ice it a few times a day for the next few days and after every run.

6. Didn’t do IT Band stretches since I didn’t know that was the problem.

With all these fixable things, and the fact that it felt fine last night and beyond, I’m going for a short run tomorrow, after all.  From what I’ve read, at the point it’s at it won’t hurt anything and now I’m armed with a fight plan, I should be good to go.