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That would be lovely to do FLM with your OH, Grumble. Hope you both get to do it.
Edwina - no - I put them in the top of my running trousers. I do the same with gloves or hat if I feel too hot when I'm running. I carry a water bottle in my right hand and my mobile phone in my left and I have my mp3 in the back pocket of my running trousers too.....sounds alot but I feel 'lost' if I don't have any of them. (who is GTB)
So much for just pull on trainers and go for a run. We've got water, music, gels, phones, gloves, jackets, GPS, timing watch, etc......... :-/
Am I on the right track with the following? -I've stopped running and won't until pain has gone, am icing outside of knee daily, taking ibuprofen, bought new pair of Kayanos for when I start running again (I guess it might be on FLM day!). Should I see a physio to have a IT massage or rely on some own stretching? - I'm not good at interpreting which stretch is best and not very co-ordinated - which if the best and easiest one to do? I am abroad next week in a hotel with a pool - what's the best exercise to do in the pool that might help?
I've read most of this thread but guess I want some reassurance I'm on the right track and there aren't any other quick fixes I can try.
Casino
Given that you are doing the FLM I would try and see a physio as soon as possible.
I would recommend a physio as soon as you can but these links will help in the mean time:
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/sma/sma_knee-ili_rex.htm
http://www.itbs.info/
In the pool try some pool running and don't do the frog legs if you are doing breast stroke as this can aggrevate.
One month will not undo all the hard work, you should be tapering in another 10 days anyway so just keep active and give it time to recover with some cross training - good luck:O)
saw a doc today, he agreed physio is the way now. booked NHS physio....may.
not terrific for my vital work footy amsterdam tournament!
weighed up a few local sports injury places. £92 was the quote for a private hospital place. politely left the call for that one.
tried a few others by phone and couldn't actually get through...how bootleg do they sound.
cut a long sage short have gone with the £92 for an hour place on the premise that it's an appointment tomorrow which is ideal with time rolling on, and in a hospital that will have all facilities if needs be. you get what you pay for i guess.
no committment to further sessions, and didn't really want to risk the sort of place that can't even answer phone calls, or just some shiester in their own house.
maybe crazy logic but i curently have the dough to wazz away which i probably won't at any othe stage so here we go!!
hoping as i got this condiiton by stupidly running in an oldm pair that expert advice on stretching and strengthening coupled with painkillers ice and rest wll pay off for apirl 21..the footy tournie
oh well..try it once
went to the physio for a 1hour session yesterday and going again next week. It feels a bit easier today .Had planned to do Lochaber, that has now gone.As Edwina says, £90 is high, paid £35 for 1 hour.
I am working in London at moment and walking from hotel to work in new Kayanos to break them in - about hour a day walking. Although dull pain is there throughout day I guess walking 40 mins twice a day is OK for time being and won't make ITB worse?
Bit the bullet and also seeing a physio tonight in the West End. Hope he can help.
Casino - I would be tempted to do the leg crossed over stretch as many times as you can during the day to help with the walking, if your muscles are warm from walking it is the ideal time to stretch -
Sodding hills - exactly!! lol
If you didn't already know the TFL is a muscle on the hip and the ITB is basically an extension of this muscle. The IYB is actually a tendon so most ITB stretches tend to focus on the muscles surrounding the tendons e.g. quads, hamstrings, hips, glutes etc.
GTG does her stretches whilst ironing!!!!
just found out i can claim £85 of it back through company!! though i may have to get a doc note, but thats £20 generally.
Since i stiopped doing a shoddy version of the ITBS stretch it doesn't ache to walk on now! maybe i've been making it worse!
see how it goes, 3 til 4 and will report back.
a mixture of not recovering fully froma thigh tear, and a past weak right ankle contributing.
had also been doing a stretch wrong! had been twistinf the knee on the ITBS stretch rather than bending into it.
on painkillers which mite be masking it, so im coming off them now.
apart from that rest and icing and cycling on sttationary bike for at least a week. possibly week and half and then try again!!
expensive , though can claim off company, but peace of mind and expert tips on next day appointment.Praying that this works now!
knee pain once there is worse running but goes off quickly.
or should i cycle for a while?
But I do have a lot of fluid around my right knee which I shouldn't have even if I did have ITBS. So I have now got an MRI Scan and X Ray booked for next Tuesday for more investigation. :-)
How did you get to see a consultant? I'm beginning to think I've got more going on in my knee than ITBFS but don't know who to see and how to go about it.
I would do the exercises o here but definitely find a physio - one that someone else recommends would be good.
doh.
anyone know if cycling is ok on a groin strain?
or am i leaving to another thread!
if so good luck with everyone's knees