Every running community needs some advice on ITB issues. What’s yours? (Since I need some with the Gold Coast Marathon in 3 weeks)

  • superbeans@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Foam rolling and massage gun helped for me. However, my IT band never really recovered until I lowered my mileage and focused on stretching

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m trying the massage gun and lowering milage. I haven’t run for 3 days. But I’ve done a bit of “aqua running”. How long did it take after lowering your milage to be back to normal? It feels much better just walking around after the 3 days of no running. I can barely tell it’s an issue. But worried what will happen if I try running again. My last proper long run before the marathon is meant to be Sunday. And what type of stretches did you do?

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        1 year ago

        Never tried aqua running. It took about a week for my leg to feel better but at the time I was mostly playing soccer and not running as much. A friend shared this video with me and I found that the exercises really helped. Your mileage might vary however ;)