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Has anyone else had the misfortune of suffering from this? I couldn't train in over a month - have just got back to training last week and I am in agony again now :/

just icing at the moment and going for a massage tommorrow - anyone know any good effective ways it treat itbs as it's stopping me enjoying training

YES! I got IT band syndrome from a run back in December (I hadn't been running due to a broken rib in November, so once I was able to run again, I over did it and ran 3.5 miles at once and got a bad pain on the outside of my knee). I thought I had a bruise or something but the pain wasn't going away, and would hurt like hell during exercise and would stiffen up. I had never heard of IT band syndrome before and all the searches on the internet had me believing I had a torn tendon or meniscus or something. Finally went to the doctor and he said i have ITBS.

I have been doing stretches like this one and using a foam roller which are helping. Took some time off from training too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0e8FPL787E

Heres a good routine for the problem. At the end are a few for rectifying the problems it can cause further up. Also when doing the Plyometric exercise, with the Heels, turn the Feet in as far as you can.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEOYMP7QnDI