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Is it possible to have ITB issues on both sides?

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halfpint Mar 2012 4:18pm, 16 Mar 2012 11,605 posts	Quote Pin halfpint hellen - that looks like an instrument of torture.
JohnnyO Mar 2012 4:21pm, 16 Mar 2012 12,089 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Think about short strides, thats what helped my. Its slow at first, but the speed comes back. If you take a shorter stride you are less inclined to land with your leg fully extended, you also endup more midfoot than heel strike. Whilst I am sure there is a lot to be said for proper coaching on running style, these simple changes really helped me.
Brian G Mar 2012 7:30pm, 18 Mar 2012 340 posts	Quote Pin Brian G FFS been focusing on Wilmslow Half training since Abingdon in October and the week before I suddenly get a pain on the outside of my left hip. Not happy.
hellen Mar 2012 7:56pm, 18 Mar 2012 12,588 posts	Quote Pin hellen I started getting hip pain a month ago which physio said was ITB due to weak glutes so have been working on them, still not right but getting better and am ok to run
Brian G Mar 2012 8:44pm, 18 Mar 2012 342 posts	Quote Pin Brian G Hellen, Did you have to stop running or could you run while working on your glutes?
WolfDancer Mar 2012 8:47pm, 18 Mar 2012 3,240 posts	Quote Pin WolfDancer Johnnyo... on a similar theme to shorter strides, try running with a fast cadence (approx 180bpm and above) it gives you less time to overextend and heelstrike.
hellen Mar 2012 8:47pm, 18 Mar 2012 12,590 posts	Quote Pin hellen No, fizz said ok to keep running. I had about 4 rest days before seeing the fizz but once go ahead given to run I was out there. I and already worked out what it was so before I saw the fizz I had been working in glutes and rolling . She gave me some more exercises and within a few days I noticed it getting a bit better. It is stil not right but doesn't really bother me now, it's 2.5 weeks since I saw the fizz and have been doing the new exercises, she did say it would take a few months to get glutes fully strong. I now feel my hip on some runs and not others and the pain is lower on a scale of 1-10
JohnnyO Mar 2012 8:53pm, 18 Mar 2012 12,147 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Thats true Wolfcaster, I found that the higher cadence came very naturally once I had made the transition.
JohnnyO Mar 2012 8:53pm, 18 Mar 2012 12,148 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Thats true Wolfcaster, I found that the higher cadence came very naturally once I had made the transition.
halfpint Mar 2012 9:10pm, 18 Mar 2012 11,640 posts	Quote Pin halfpint Funnily enough mine had been less irritated when we did long speed sessions. Only got sore on the gentle cool down Fridays speed work wasn't intense enough.