• running,  running injury

    Oh, My Aching IT Band!

    You’ve heard of it right? If you’re a runner, you probably HATE it! As runners we are CURSED with an IT BAND! When I get to heaven, God seriously better have a good explanation of why he created the IT band…on second thought, maybe Satan created it. Why is it such a common injury? What really is going on? If I just foam roll it, will go away right? A lot of runners seek us with IT Band trouble. It probably accounts for 30% of running related injuries. What is the IT Band anyway? The IT band actually is a LOOOONG tendon of the Tensor Fascia Lata. It runs from…