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Greatest purchase ever
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Would like to tongue that mole.
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Tore mine in Dec. all good now
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Mine used to hurt like crazy probably from squating too heavy and not activating the glutes (no homo). My problem was actually my TFL above the IT band was like a giant knot that needed to be loosened. Laying on a lacrosse ball right above the IT band and stretching did the trick for me. Now the top of my kneecap started to hurt at the bottom of squats. Anybody know if that's usually due to tight quads?
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Mine used to hurt like crazy probably from squating too heavy and not activating the glutes (no homo). My problem was actually my TFL above the IT band was like a giant knot that needed to be loosened. Laying on a lacrosse ball right above the IT band and stretching did the trick for me. Now the top of my kneecap started to hurt at the bottom of squats. Anybody know if that's usually due to tight quads?
Self-myofascial therapy works fantastic for a lot of people. There are plenty of instructional videos on YouTube demonstrating techniques using lacrosse balls, foam rollers, and stretches for IT band work.
As for the knee pain you described, you may want to consider trying some basic quad stretches. It may also be a matter of squatting too low. Are you lowering past parallel? Some trainers can't do that at all, while others can get away with it for a while before experiencing pain. You may also want to experiment with different foot positions and stance widths.
At the very least, it sounds like a soft-tissue matter. Not that it's a walk in the park, but those types of injuries are usually more easily treated than bone, cartilage, nerve, etc.
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Yeah I roll and stretch it and was icing it but it's fucking messy. That pack is so easy
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Roll that shit out on PVC pipe. Fucking agony.
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Pulled mine a few years back while I was squatting. Took 4 ever to heal.
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Roll that shit out on PVC pipe. Fucking agony.
Joe DeFranco has some of his guys use an Olympic barbell for some rolling techniques.
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Joe DeFranco has some of his guys use an Olympic barbell for some rolling techniques.
Sounds extreme. I have chronic issues and will not undergo surgery but with daily therapy I can run and train without much impact
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wish I was that green leg wrap...
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wish I was that green leg wrap...
Get in line bro
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Maybe if you knew how to train this wouldn't have happened.
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Maybe if you knew how to train this wouldn't have happened.
You run 10k daily minimum and then talk to me about leg mechanics and issues midget
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You run 10k daily minimum and then talk to me about leg mechanics and issues midget
Why the fuck would I want to do that. Fucks up knees, hips, ankles, QL, hamstring and just low back in general that usually originates at the IT. But hey, if you like running go for it.
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Ive seen thicker legs on a flamingo.
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Why the fuck would I want to do that. Fucks up knees, hips, ankles, QL, hamstring and just low back in general that usually originates at the IT. But hey, if you like running go for it.
I do it because I can. Running is the only time that I'm perfectly in balance. I do not listen to music. I do not run with a group. I don't care about the weather. It's just me, my footfalls, my breathing and my heart rate. I have no issues beyond my right leg.... but as stated earlier regular treatment keeps my issues to a minimum.
I've run ultra marathons and Spartan ultra beasts. I'm a fucking machine bro.
Training for iron man.
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Can someone show us what an IT band actually is?
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My issue:
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is one of the most common overuse injuries among runners. It occurs when the iliotibial band, the ligament that runs down the outside of the thigh from the hip to the shin, is tight or inflamed. The IT band attaches to the knee and helps stabilize and move the joint.
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My issue:
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is one of the most common overuse injuries among runners. It occurs when the iliotibial band, the ligament that runs down the outside of the thigh from the hip to the shin, is tight or inflamed. The IT band attaches to the knee and helps stabilize and move the joint.
Thank you
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My issue:
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is one of the most common overuse injuries among runners. It occurs when the iliotibial band, the ligament that runs down the outside of the thigh from the hip to the shin, is tight or inflamed. The IT band attaches to the knee and helps stabilize and move the joint.
Very familiar with it. We deal it with our athletes. BTW, as much of a dick you are at times training for a for anything like is huge. We have 2 triathletes both finishers of Kona and besides me their training is ridiculous. So props and good luck.
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Very familiar with it. We deal it with our athletes. BTW, as much of a dick you are at times training for a for anything like is huge. We have 2 triathletes both finishers of Kona and besides me their training is ridiculous. So props and good luck.
Thx dude. It's an all consuming passion at this point. After that who knows....
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Self-myofascial therapy works fantastic for a lot of people. There are plenty of instructional videos on YouTube demonstrating techniques using lacrosse balls, foam rollers, and stretches for IT band work.
As for the knee pain you described, you may want to consider trying some basic quad stretches. It may also be a matter of squatting too low. Are you lowering past parallel? Some trainers can't do that at all, while others can get away with it for a while before experiencing pain. You may also want to experiment with different foot positions and stance widths.
At the very least, it sounds like a soft-tissue matter. Not that it's a walk in the park, but those types of injuries are usually more easily treated than bone, cartilage, nerve, etc.
Just saw this response now, but thank you for the advice. Yeah, I've been squatting as low as I can for years now. I'm 6'1 or 6'2 and I'm touching the bottom of the half-rack on front squats. I haven't had any pain actually doing the front squats since starting them a few weeks ago but was having an overall tight feeling on top of my knee cap on squats and hack squats especially at the bottom of the rep. I squat a little wider than shoulder width with my toes pointing out around 45 degrees. I was also using 10 pound plates under my heels for a while, so I could go deep and not feel like falling back. My chiro originally told me to start squating light and low to strengthen the glutes because he felt like that my stronger quads were causing the IT band pain
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Yall and your it band woes
For Christ sakes loosen your quads and adductors
Improve your god damn terminal knee extension
Strengthen your glutes
Improve your hip external internal rotation
Improve your t spine mobility
Roll a golf ball under your foot
And loosen strengthen your hamstrings and do more than just lying hamstring curls
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Yall and your it band woes
For Christ sakes loosen your quads and adductors
Improve your god damn terminal knee extension
Strengthen your glutes
Improve your hip external internal rotation
Improve your t spine mobility
Roll a golf ball under your foot
And loosen strengthen your hamstrings and do more than just lying hamstring curls
Using a baseball, this has been the most beneficial technique I've learned. Loosens the entire posterior chain (if that's the correct term).
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Yall and your it band woes
For Christ sakes loosen your quads and adductors
Improve your god damn terminal knee extension
Strengthen your glutes
Improve your hip external internal rotation
Improve your t spine mobility
Roll a golf ball under your foot
And loosen strengthen your hamstrings and do more than just lying hamstring curls
Where did you learn all this ???
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I have a pain that goes from my left arse cheek, down the outside of left leg and finishes top of outside calf. Its quite a dull aching pain and flares up when I exercise or sit in cramped conditions. I do lots of running, cycling and running with weight.
Does this sound like IT band issues?
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I have a pain that goes from my left arse cheek, down the outside of left leg and finishes top of outside calf. Its quite a dull aching pain and flares up when I exercise or sit in cramped conditions. I do lots of running, cycling and running with weight.
Does this sound like IT band issues?
That or leg cancer. See a pro. Not getbig.
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I have a pain that goes from my left arse cheek, down the outside of left leg and finishes top of outside calf. Its quite a dull aching pain and flares up when I exercise or sit in cramped conditions. I do lots of running, cycling and running with weight.
Does this sound like IT band issues?
sciatica?
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sciatica?
Yeah, that's what i was thinking. Got told by a physio during a brief session it was IT related, but from what Ive read sounds like it could be sciatica.
Like Wooo says should go and have a proper consultation.
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Probably not sciatica.
More than likely piriformis syndrome.
Look up piriformis and lacrosse ball.
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Probably not sciatica.
More than likely piriformis syndrome.
Look up piriformis and lacrosse ball.
Cheers mate. Just looked that up and it does sound similar to what i've got. Off to see the physio this week.
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Someone more skilled and who is a professional at training/prehab is Coach.
I believe he can point you in the right direction.
The lacrosse ball has saved my squatting and golf.
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check out this Reha centre ;D
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Someone more skilled and who is a professional at training/prehab is Coach.
I believe he can point you in the right direction.
The lacrosse ball has saved my squatting and golf.
Can you elaborate? What was your problem, and what did you do to fix it?
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Can you elaborate? What was your problem, and what did you do to fix it?
It was interesting.
I was very tight in the hips, but if I warmed up properly, I could squat damn near ass to ankle with perfect form.
I had pain in my right SI joint, and pain in and behind my left knee.
I could play golf, and play it fairly well, but would be tight as hell in the morning.
I would simply not listen to the mantra of: "This is what happens when you are getting older" (I was in my mid thirties, and am now quickly approaching 40).
A powerlifter I know said: "Dude, you probably have periformis syndrome."
I have always been an avid strength trainee since I was 16 (I played competitive Division I tennis).
He told me to foam roll, and that worked for a while.
I got a number of deep tissue massages and that was a very good symbiotic relationship between massage, foam rolling, training and chiropractic (chiro I would go to like once a month or when I felt it necessary).
Then a very good deep tissue massage therapist told me about the lacrosse ball (plenty of vids on youtube). It is painful as a mother, but it works.
I haven't looked back and have been squatting pain free and am nowhere near as stiff as I used to be.