If you have read my last couple blogs you would know that my IT Band has been bothering me so very much.
Ever since my LONG run of 13 miles last Wednesday (so 1 week ago). I did EVERYTHING that day trying to get it to relax. I did RICE, I took Ibuprofen, stretched, rolled, prayed...EVERYTHING you could think of or read about.
The next day Thursday it let up SOME, was not hurting like ti did day before BUT had the dull ache and pulling sensation. Come Friday it was FINE. Back to normal. Saturday was my Santa 5k and it did JUST FINE. Gave me no problem what so ever.
Then this Monday when I ran my 5 mile PACE run it was ALRIGHT. Around 2 miles it started giving me the DULLEST of aches, and pulling. Through out the day it started bothering me more. So I did what I had done since it started bothering me...FOAM ROLLED it. I just kept and still keep doing it.
The next day Tuesday was my HILL running, it did OK but started hurting. SO when I did downhill I WALKED. That seems to help a bit. When I got home I took an Ibuprofen and rolled it. The I started freaking out. This whole time I have been freaking out. Ya know the what am I to do, I can't do anything professionally cause I have no insurance and can't afford to pay for it out of pocket, I can't stop running, my dreams are crashing down in front of me kind of freaking!
When I roll my IT Band it does not hurt whatsoever like it did when I FIRST did it. Does not bother me and does not feel knotted. Does not phase me anymore.
Well on Tuesday I was trying stretches that I stated did not work for me (still do not). They always target the wrong areas seriously. Like you are supposed to feel it in your thigh I feel it in my CALF. SO ya. Anywho I was trying one out and it ended up pulling my Piriformis muscle. In other words my butt. Well I kid you not....my IT Band pain...disappeared!! Like it was full blown bothering me then I did that stretch and my knee bent and felt brand new!!!
Are you kidding me?? What the heck just happened?! So I came to the conclusion that MUST be a HUGE problem that is causing my IT Band to hurt! I do not know how but it is!? So...I started rolling that muscle, and OMGoodness did and does it hurt!! Now my butt is so beyond sore it is not even funny. I feel like I have been hit by a truck.
It is so beyond tight it wont let up.
WelI am still rolling that muscle and my IT Band.
I did my 5 mile run this morning and most of it was ok. I tried running in the street, the gutter, and the side walk. Just to see. I ALWAYS run in the gutter. Which is a major problem. When I was running in the street that was the only thing to get my IT Band to let up and stop aching/hurting. The side walk was better then the gutter but still. The problem is there is no room here to run in the street with cars. Where I run there are no bike lanes, the street is busy, and the lanes are big enough just for a car. :( Then towards the end of my run (4 miles) it started hurting/aching no matter what.
There is no grass areas for me to run on. Just rude cars with no room for me to run next to, and extremely slanted gutters and sidewalks. I can not run on a track either because 1. they are in a school and wont let you use them when I run and 2. way too far for me to walk. So no luck there.
I rolled both my IT and my butt out BEFORE and AFTER my run.
So I have found out those things. I have no idea why or IF the problem is my Piriformis muscle, but I do know that it is extremely tight and when I loosen it up (for the brief 5 mins it stays loose as long as I do not run) my IT band stops hurting.
That's all folks!
XOXOXO
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