Running with IT Band Syndrome | An Honest Take on How to Recover

8 miles in to my 16 mile run a slight burning around my knee turned in to a stabbing pain, that had me sitting on the sidewalk gulping back tears. This was in the age before you took your cell phone everywhere or even Googled every injury to it was a tight IT Band Syndrome.

I hobbled 8 miles home, sniffling, cussing and wondering what the heck just happened.

Thus began my first foray in to working with sports medicine Dr’s to try and resolve and issue.

Luckily, this doctor immediately identified...