IT Band Syndrome

Yup - I've got it!  I have to cut back on running, do more cross training, increase my stretching, advil and ice it.  Icing sucks because I am already freezing!  So, it looks like I will be spending more time in the gym and less time on the concrete.  Bummer.

Good luck!  So...can you ice the leg while simutaneously lying under a heated blanket with socks and what not on?  LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliotibial_band_syndrome

Yes, Pam!  I am doing it right now!  I've got this huge ice pack on my leg under three blankets lying on the sofa right now!  LOL - what a sight!

ok well for us "mere mortals" what's IT Band Syndrome? lol Whatever it is it sucks that you can't run outside! Hope "IT" gets better
and for the record... I thought it was something else wrong with your LAPband -thank god it isn't! (Not sure why Pam would want you to ice your leg for that! lol)

LOL Liz you crack me up!  Definition from wikipedia below:

ITBS is one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners. The iliotibial tract (iliotibial band) is a superficial thickening of tissue on the outside of the thigh, extending from the outside of the pelvis, over the hip and knee, and inserting just below the knee. The band is crucial to stabilizing the knee during running, moving from behind the femur to the front while walking. The continual rubbing of the band over the lateral femoral epicondyle, combined with the repeated flexion and extension of the knee during running may cause the area to become inflamed.

In human terms - inflamed muscle tissue that hurts like heck!  My orthopedist is cute though and we worked through a ton of stretches today! 

wow - well that does sound painful. I severed a tendon in my left knee (rock through the patellar tendon) Dr recommended warm baths with epsom salts.

Hope that it feels better!

Liz

i am sorry beth. I like Liz did not know what that was.....but now that I do i am sorry

sorry to hear that.  I know how much you enjoy running so it's going to be a bummer to have to cut back.  BUT, you've gotta take care of it so it doesn't get worse.

Feel better soon!