{"id":10137,"date":"2019-07-01T22:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T05:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.chiropractorintempeaz.com\/?p=10137"},"modified":"2019-08-04T22:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T05:51:48","slug":"how-to-treat-it-band-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chiropractorintempeaz.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/01\/how-to-treat-it-band-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"how to treat it band syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iliotibial band (IT band) is a fibrous band that runs from a point on the side of your hip to the outer part of your knee.\u00a0 The IT band helps to control motion in the leg and actually stores energy.\u00a0 When your leg is behind you, it holds tension which is used to propel you forward.\u00a0 When people have pain on the side of their leg, most people mistakenly either work out that muscle or stretch it; however, both ideas are wrong.\u00a0 Since the IT band is not a muscle, it cannot be stretched or strengthened like a muscle; however, the muscles around the IT band can be stretched and strengthened.\u00a0 A common condition involving the IT band is \u201cIliotibial band syndrome.\u201d\u00a0 This condition is caused when the IT band has repeatedly rubbed on either the bony point of your hip or knee.\u00a0 This inflames the fascia around it and causes pain.\u00a0 IT band syndrome usually starts when trying to ramp up workout intensity very quickly (ex: you weekend warriors).\u00a0 Prevention Magazine states, \u201cIf you ramp up your exercise routine too quickly\u2014say, going from not running at all to logging 5+ miles a day or cramming all your exercise into the weekends\u2014there\u2019s a greater chance you\u2019ll end up in pain.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to ease into your routine.\u201d\u00a0 Before you run off and self diagnose yourself with IT band syndrome, take some necessary steps to confirm your self diagnoses.\u00a0 The main area for IT band syndrome will be in a specific pinpoint location on the side of the knee.\u00a0 If pain is anywhere else on the leg or is not pinpoint, it is not IT band syndrome.\u00a0 Other things that your pain could be are trigger points or muscle knots, patellofemoral pain syndrome, meniscus tears, etc.\u00a0 If you think you may be suffering from IT band syndrome, the best thing to do is to back off any high impact exercise such as running or cycling, wait to see if the pain resides, then slowly get back into your workout routine.\u00a0 The wrong thing to do is to completely ignore it.\u00a0 Ignoring could lead to tears or make things worse.\u00a0 Do yourself a favor, get it checked out and ask about treatment options.\u00a0 Things to prevent IT band syndrome include proper footwear, replacing running shoes every 250 miles, avoiding to run on banked surfaces, minimize downhill running or switching directions on an indoor track each mile.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/chiropractorintempeaz.com\/index.php\/sports-injuries\/\">Chiropractors<\/a> typically use like joint manipulations, therapeutic modalities, myofascial release and can teach therapeutic exercises to help.\u00a0 You may view some exercises on our website portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out\nthis video and watch how easy it is to do theses stretches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stretchdemo.com\/\">http:\/\/stretchdemo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Login:\n33437<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Password:\nkKr4z<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an\nevaluation to see if you have IT Band Syndrome please contact Reed Chiropractic\nin Tempe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">250 W.\nBaseline Rd. #107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempe, AZ\u00a0 85283<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">480-785-1355<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iliotibial band (IT band) is a fibrous band that runs from a point on the side of your hip to the outer part of your knee.\u00a0 The IT band helps to control motion in the leg and actually stores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,86],"tags":[182,185,187,184,183,186],"class_list":["post-10137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiropractic-care","category-health-and-wellness","tag-it-band-syndrome","tag-meniscus-tear","tag-myofascial-release","tag-patellofemoral-pain","tag-runners-knee","tag-running"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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