Talk:Iliotibial band syndrome

Hello! I will be editing and adding to this page as part of a medical school class assignment. I think this article is well done so far but could be improved, I will list here my goals for the project to be completed over the next three weeks: - Review the entirety for clarity and revise language as needed - Add additional references for claims that currently don’t have an associated link to a quality source - Flesh out the diagnosis section with more detail about exam maneuvers - Build up the section on surgical intervention - Add a section on prognosis/recovery timeline - Try to find background on the history of the condition and add a section accordingly - Search for and include relevant images for physical exam and surgery - I will be using peer reviewed secondary sources and linking them to the text - I will have my work reviewed by layperson family members to look for medical jargon - If any information in the article is out of date compared to information from my sources I will update it

Please feel free to give any suggestions or ideas of how to improve my work, I am new to editing Wikipedia.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drall17 (talk • contribs) 02:56, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Drall17 made significant meaningful contributions to this wiki article. In particular he added several new section to this article that included differential diagnosis, exam maneuvers, and the role of imaging with high quality peer reviewed data to support the added information. While these section might be more tailored for the medical community, they can still be of benefit to the laypeople who read this article, especially in giving them an idea of other ailments that might be similar to ITBS. My only suggestion for future edits would be to include images of exam maneuvers, however, I realize this is difficult given the copyright regulations on Wikipedia. Excellent work overall. Tmk1611 (talk) 14:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback! It has been a bit difficult to find images of exam maneuvers but I will continue looking, and will hope to include an image in the article before the end of the week. Drall17 (talk) 20:38, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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Treatment section of this article
The Treatment section of this article need rewriting to avoid the use of the first person. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Avoid_self-referential_pronouns

Confused...
The first sentence reads: "Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS or ITBFS, for Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome) is a common thigh injury". However, in the Definition section, the following definition is given: "Iliotibial Band Syndrome is one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners."

As I understand it, the Iliotibial Band runs down the side of the leg from the hip joint to the knee joint and with Iliotibial Band Syndrome, pain is more common in the knee, although it does show up in the hip as well.

I'm no doctor and don't feel qualified in altering the page, but I would like to see a better definition given.

Answer to confused
The answer is that the problem occurs in the upper thigh and pelvic region, but the pain is felt in the knee.

For instance the tightness and scar tissue for me occurs on the butt, but the pain is in the knee.

Problem is that there is too much tension on the outside of the knee... There is nothing wrong with the knee it is just to tight on one side (outer) Don't let anyone tell you that you need knee surgery what you need is to stop the pelvic tilt and you will stop the ITB from being so tight... Work on you core abbs and your adductor (Inner Thigh) http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/Adductors.html If they are weak the IT band will get tight also

Pain
My pain is arond my hip and thigh area and mostly when I climb stairs. I also experience pain when trying to lay on the side the pain is on hence causing restless sleep. I have no pain in the knee and can honestly say I am not a runner I do however use the treadmill at the gym on a walk and slow jog progarmme which is not for more that 15 minutes a couple of times a week. I am a nurse and am on my feet most of the day and getting up off a chair if I have sat for a while is a killer. I must say I have gained a bit of weight in the last 6 months because I have not been going to the gym as much as well as being too tired after a 12 hour shift. I was told to do the teapot stretch which actually aggrivated it and has been worse since —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.37.165 (talk) 15:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Image/Picture relevance
Could an image of actual subject matter be included? Perhaps this: http://faculty.hacc.edu/cljeffre/A_P_1_Frohse_Posterior_5_Large.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.211.237.88 (talk) 08:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. For such a common runner's ailment this article needs a lot of work. at least the treatment section has been properly marked for needed references. I would suggest NIH or similar government sources for photos and medical references. General US Govt works are, in general public domain. Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government Whether the ITB sypmtoms originate in the knee or not, a picture of the knee showing the pain site would be much more valuable than the one shownNrjank (talk) 12:25, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Healthimage (talk • contribs) 06:52, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * How about this image?

More information on cycling?
The article says "In cycling, having the feet "toed-in" to an excessive angle" is a cause of this injury. What is an excessive angle? Approximately how many degrees? And what does "toed-in" mean? Wsmss (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Alternative Training methods
I'm a runner that has been having IT band problems on and off for about a year and a half now. I've been doing lots of stretching, and have been using a foam roller regularly (I actually upgraded from a foam roller to a piece of PVC pipe recently), but I'm finding that it really just needs rest for long periods of time. Unfortunately, that doesn't cut it for me and I am looking for acceptable forms of cross-training. There was a list of things I shouldn't do, but I'd like some aerobic endurance activities that I can do. I've heard aqua jogging is good, and I plan on doing yoga and strength exercises, but I'd like to do more. I also didn't see jump-roping on the list of activities to avoid, and was wondering if that was acceptable. Thanks, Love2runjust4fun (talk) 18:18, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

List of sports to avoid
Whilst it is useful to list common sports that may cause and aggravate the injury, the list is excessive. I suggest only a few main sports are mentioned inc. running, football, cycling and perhaps dance. Such a long list causes the article to lose focus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.146.211 (talk) 12:46, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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