Goodrich Physical Therapy Suggestions from Brock
by Joe · 11 things on Twos
- Without doing a full evaluation, chances are that he is on the right track.
- Lateral knee pain while running could most definitely be IT related.
- A two-pronged solution for this would be…
- Strengthening gluteus medius (side butt muscle) and glutes in general
- Stretching/foam rolling/soft tissue mobilization of actual IT band.
- Look up a picture of it, it’s a very interesting muscle-tendon combo.
- For the second part, be sure to treat the whole length of it (it goes from TFL muscle all the way down to its insertion point on lateral aspect of tibia.
- Another consideration which applies to almost all overuse injuries is to give it at least a little bit of rest.
- I know runners hate to hear this though.