Runner's knee/I.T.B syndrome - anyone ever got over it completely?

[thenightsky]

This niggling little bugger of an injury has been restricting my running miles for about a year now on and off. Whenver I get my milage up to about 8 miles, it kicks in again. Now my milage is going down instead of up. I am down to only about 33 mins or approx 4 miles before the pain starts

Am I going to have to accept that my running days are over or this get-over-able?

I am a shockingly bad flat footed over-pronator, so that is the most likely root of my problems.

Has anyone on here suffered this injury, conquered it and had no problems since??

Anybody?

I've had similar and many other problems from running and have got over them. although I now can't run due to a worn out SI joint

So definitely don't give up hope. Have you had your running style looked at and been recommended certain shoes? Have you seen a physio for painful massage on it or tried a DIY method - many people use foam rollers, I have heard of people using rolling pins but I don't like the sound of that!

thunderbird... thank you for replying. The fact you have got over it gives me hope

I am hoping to get to see a physio as our running club has one that visits once a month.

thenightsky - yes and I have become so aware of how my gait and certain muscles contribute to it! I have managed to continue running without it coming on again (touch wood!) though so don't lose heart. I too am an overpronater and a lot of IT issues come from that so is common in flat footed runners. I am also bandy legged (sound really attractive don't I?! ) so my anatomical set up means I am a likely candidate for IT issues. However, I work a lot on strengthening the glute and proprioception etc so that it doesn't come on. I see a physio on average two to three times a month and have regular sports massage too as I am in training for a marathon. Good luck!

I had "runners knee" for a while after not training terribly sensibly for a half marathon (this was 3 years ago) I went to see a sports physio who gave a thorough examination and noted I have a mis-aligned pelvis and very tight hamstrings. It was really useful to see that a knee injury is often caused by other factors in other parts of the body a bit higher up (hip, pelvis, back etc)
I went to have a proper gait analysis, had some brilliant advise and proper fitting running shoes. This with the sessions and daily exercises given by physio helped. It took about 4-6 months to get to twinge free running and my distance back up to where it was. Good luck

Clure makes a good point in that any injury is often referred pain and symptomatic of weaknesses elsewhere. Funny old bodies we have really.

Perhaps, as runners, we are more acutely aware of which bits of our bodies are not working 'perfectly'.

I had this a while ago, following a fall where I landed on my knee.

I went to A Lot of physio, using my BUPA cover. They got me to buy a foam roller to stretch out my ITB which I still use about once a month. And I started using a different brand of trainers.

No more problems... running further than ever in fact.