Ouchy knees- Iliotial band syndrome
Mine has gotten worse even with PT although the original diagnosis missed the tight IT band. I have been using crutches but even very slight movements with my knee agravates the band. Has anyone had it this bad? Has anyone had to wear a brace to immobolize the knee for this til the pain is under control?
TIA!
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Msaperstein
Hi Sadie,
Despite enormous skepticism i went ahead and tried glucosamine chondrotin sulfate for my chronic ITB and although i’m just a sample of one in uncontrolled experiment, i swear to god it cured me.
My ITB pain persisted through several weeks of rest and a fair amount of PT. I did alot of stretching but am convinced it was the gluscosamine, which is reccommended by this website and was also shown to be effective by Consumer Reports. Good luck.