Iliotibial Band Syndrome. Neck pain from swimming.
[People also answered questions about my knee pain on runners.]
Have you ever had Iliotibial Band Syndrome, a common cause of outside knee pain in runners?
Also, I had this intense neck (trapezius) pain all day today, after an hour of vigorous freestyle swimming yesterday. I tried to rotate my torso vigorously for 0.7 miles. Can swimming lead to neck pain, and how may I prevent it?
I tried more aggressively twisting my torso in a corkscrew with each stroke. My body was like a propeller the whole time, and I heard the water churn loudly underwater. I reached as far out as possible with each stroke, and I fully extended my hands to my thighs before moving to the next stroke.
Here's my 6 day a week exercise schedule. Do you think I have symptoms of ITBS? What should I do to prevent my knee and neck pain?
I am training intensely for my first triathlon, and I run 5 miles each, 3 days a week.
The outside of my right knee keeps hurting when I run, and I worry I'm getting early symptoms of ITBS. The actual knee joint and bone don't hurt.
I will cut down my running distance and intensity until my lateral knee pain goes away. Plus I'm starting to do this stretch, and I need to do lateral leg raises to strengthen my hip abductors and gluteus medius:
More on Iliotibial Band Syndrome:
http://www.lwcoaching.com/library/runnersguideitbs.htm (includes good strengthening exercises)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050329091128/http://www.csuchico.edu/phed/atc/Projects/ITband/ITBFS.html
Have you ever had Iliotibial Band Syndrome, a common cause of outside knee pain in runners?
Also, I had this intense neck (trapezius) pain all day today, after an hour of vigorous freestyle swimming yesterday. I tried to rotate my torso vigorously for 0.7 miles. Can swimming lead to neck pain, and how may I prevent it?
I tried more aggressively twisting my torso in a corkscrew with each stroke. My body was like a propeller the whole time, and I heard the water churn loudly underwater. I reached as far out as possible with each stroke, and I fully extended my hands to my thighs before moving to the next stroke.
Here's my 6 day a week exercise schedule. Do you think I have symptoms of ITBS? What should I do to prevent my knee and neck pain?
I am training intensely for my first triathlon, and I run 5 miles each, 3 days a week.
The outside of my right knee keeps hurting when I run, and I worry I'm getting early symptoms of ITBS. The actual knee joint and bone don't hurt.
I will cut down my running distance and intensity until my lateral knee pain goes away. Plus I'm starting to do this stretch, and I need to do lateral leg raises to strengthen my hip abductors and gluteus medius:
More on Iliotibial Band Syndrome:
http://www.lwcoaching.com/library/runnersguideitbs.htm (includes good strengthening exercises)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050329091128/http://www.csuchico.edu/phed/atc/Projects/ITband/ITBFS.html