Itbs is the band that runs from your hip to your knee. Many runners may mistake this as a knee injury. However, an MRI will produce a failed result informing that it is not a knee injury. Although there may be some inflammation. Runner can get this by running a banked track, or running to many miles. New runners, and even conditioned runners can get this injury. However it is more prone to women due to their naturally wide hips. This causes your feet to lean in which pulls on the it band and causes the inflammation.
Here are some of the treatments the website recommend:
- Most importantly, always decrease your mileage or take a few days off if you feel pain on the outside of your knee.
- Walk a quarter- to half-mile before you start your runs.
- Make sure your shoes aren't worn along the outside of the sole. If they are, replace them.
- Run in the middle of the road where it's flat. (To do this safely, you'll need to find roads with little or no traffic and excellent visibility.)
- Don't run on concrete surfaces.
- When running on a track, change directions repeatedly.
- Schedule an evaluation by a podiatrist to see if you need orthotics.
- Avoid doing any type of squats.
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