Why Should I Avoid Foam Rolling My IT Band ?

Addressing the glute max, glue medius and tensor fascia latae will be the focus of this video. Why should I avoid foam rolling may IT Band? This video will answer that question along with explaining the anatomy of the IT Band and its function.
The IT band is a thick sheet of tissue in the outside of your thigh. Pain can be found on the lateral knee and up into the hip. We used to think that the ITB moved over the lateral femoral condyle, causing friction and inflammation of a bursa. We now know that the ITB is anchored tightly to the femur and does not move. Pain actually comes from compression of a fat pad that lies underneath.

If you’ve ever used a roller, you’ve used it to roll out your iliotibial band (IT band), and likely at the recommendation of a trainer or one of your runner friends.

The logic seemed fairly sound: "Foam rollers increase range of motion and reduce pain. My IT bands are tight and my knees hurt. Therefore I should apply the roller to my IT bands to solve these problems"

Your IT band is attached to a smallish muscle called your tensor fascia latae (TFL), which is meant to stabilize your knee and assist in abduction, but the prime mover is actually your gluteus medius, one of the muscles in your buttocks (found, perhaps unsurprisingly on the upper part of the lateral aspect of your glutes).

In this video we explain why rolling the IT Band directly is not the best approach. Please leave your comments below and share in the discussion! Thank you for watching!

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