Well I got past the patellar tendonitis and now we're back to our old friend IT band pain.
What exercises/strategies/changes in running technique have you found helpful for this?
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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I stretch after I run. When I had IT band tightness and pain in my knees I added IT band stretches like in this image except I place my hand much higher on the wall. The pain went away after a few sessions. Note that more advanced stretches may not be the best idea if your IT bands are super tight, you can easily injure yourself. If I don’t run and stretch at least once every 2 weeks, the pain will return.
Edit: image wasn’t working https://www.sparkpeople.com/assets/exercises/613.gif
Ok, what’s up with images and links? Anyone else having issues posting or viewing?
I wrote a short tutorial on how to post images:
https://lemmy.nz/post/746200
It worked when I used the ![] method
Ok thx will take a look and edit my post