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[Dan]

The stretches are important, but I've found the deep tissue massage is 10x more effective (and 100x more painful). Sounds like you're on the right track, at least.

Dan
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[Paul]

If you have ever viewed a skeletal chart, you'll notice how the IT Band comes down across the hip and flanges completely out across the knee, attaching clear down to the tibia. When you go through knee surgery, the doctors are poking holes through that whole fascia area to get to the joint itself. I think that sets up some temporary scarring that will take some time to go away, given the fact that the blood supply is low in connective tissue in general. Friction massage increases blood flow to the area to speed up the healing of that tissue.
In my opinion, many IT Band problems are caused by repetitive running at the same pace all the time. If a person exercises their hip flexors, does some weight training, does some serious intervals and strides occasionally, these problems will not develop. Surgery, though, is a different matter altogether. I'm sure you'll be back to normal soon.
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