FabSwingers.com forum: My IT band is so fecking tight

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

It's causing me tremendously amounts of pain and shit in knee back and hip flexor.

My usual stretching is not working.

HELP!

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You need to work on your ass.

Seriously, IT issues are often due to your glutes not working enough and causing tightness in the other muscles. Roll your butt & TFL, not your IT band or knee. A tennis ball is awesome - when it hurts like hell, you're in the right spot!

(Im not a physio and this is all unqualified advice, except for my own IT pain)

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You need to work on your ass.

(Im not a physio and this is all unqualified advice, except for my own IT pain)"

Second that suggestion as a plucky amateur looking at it biomechanically from the ‘top down’.

You might also want to consider it from the ‘bottom up’ eg footwear or orthotics.

The former perhaps more for a physio and the latter a podiatrist.

Get well soon OP!

By *tefe-MartyCouple
over a year ago

Cambs

I started training and had loads of problems

Yoga or pilâtes are your friend