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Fast Pain Relief: Manual Therapy and Exercise

December 2, 2009

I was working with the Gilbert’s Gazelles training group at RunTex and had a great conversation with a patient about different types of treatment.  The runner/patient asked my opinion about her knee injury.  For the last year she has been getting treatment from another provider that consisted only of rehabilitation exercises and she did not feel that [...]

Iliotibial Band Syndrome (Knee Pain)

September 12, 2009

I’m seeing many new and returning patients with iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) so I’m posting a little educational information about this problem.
What is the iliotibial band?
The iliotibial band (ITB) is a long thickened sheet of fascia that starts at the hip and extends to the knee. This band of fascia connects the tensor fascia lata [...]