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Iliotibial Band Syndrome: Anatomy & Symptoms Of The Most Common Running Injury

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Iliotibial Band Syndrome: Anatomy & Symptoms Of The Most Common Running Injury

You are out on another long run. It is a mid-Saturday morning, the weather is a cool 50 degrees, clear skies, and your focus is on the audiobook or podcast playing through your headphones. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, you get this sharp, STABBING, pain on the outside of your knee. Where did this come from? Did you do something wrong? What the heck is happening?

If this is your first time dealing with Iliotibial band syndrome, or you are remembering your first experience with it right now, the feeling is all too real. IT Band issues are a frequent occurrence for runners of all abilities, one of the most common conditions we relieve in our office and feel so prevalent that it is almost a ‘right of passage’ of sorts for new runners.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 7: What Happens When You Need To Seek Care?

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 7: What Happens When You Need To Seek Care?

Our intention with this series on Low Back Pain has been to inform and empower you, or your loved ones, to take action and realize that movement can help, as well as, prevent low back pain. That your low back pain is not a life sentence.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 6: Self-Care - What You Can Do For Low Back Pain

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 6: Self-Care - What You Can Do For Low Back Pain

Over the last 5 weeks, we have discussed everything from what low back pain is, most common causes, some of the most common myths associated with low back pain, and when to consider imaging studies (x-ray, MRI, CT) due to red flags that lead us to something more severe being the cause. We even covered a few tips to help when you find yourself traveling for work or vacation.

We have been building up toward the actual care of low back pain but wanted to fully educate on how common low back pain is, what we know about low back pain at this time, and help you focus on life outside of back pain.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 5: You Are Not Your Image. (Red Flags & Imaging Considerations)

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 5: You Are Not Your Image. (Red Flags & Imaging Considerations)

In part 4 of our Fix Your Low Back series, we discussed some of the most common myths and misunderstandings around low back pain, care of low back pain, as well as updating some of the old-fashioned thoughts. Today, we are going to discuss imaging and red flags as it pertains to low back pain and a couple of VERY IMPORTANT things you need to know.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 4: Most Common Myths Of Low Back Pain

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 4: Most Common Myths Of Low Back Pain

Few musculoskeletal conditions have a cult-like following of myths as Low Back Pain, many of which have been said by various healthcare providers across all specialties. To help clear the air, let's take a look at the 5 most common misunderstandings and myths that we encounter in our chiropractic clinic that could actually make your low back pain worse.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 3: Most Common Cause Of Low Back Pain & What You Can Do About It.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 3: Most Common Cause Of Low Back Pain & What You Can Do About It.

In part one of our ‘Fix Your Low Back’ series, we discussed the 3 categories of back pain; Functional, Structural, and Pathological. As we learn about low back pain, we find that these groups interact with each other frequently. Essentially, these are medical definitions used to categorize your low back pain, but let’s step back and take a look at how your everyday actions could be the primary cause of your discomfort.

As an example, let’s say you sit at a desk for 8 hours each day. From here, you head to the gym where you like to lift weights and improve your cardio. It has been shown that repeatedly lifting heavy objects with a rounded spike (functional), can lead to disc bulges (structural). For many, we just hit the nail on the head as to where your back pain is coming from, for others, we are going to dive into the most common’s and discuss how a simple change in activity can make all the difference.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 2: Tips For Traveling

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 2: Tips For Traveling

We all have experienced sitting for long periods of time or sleeping on different beds while traveling, and we have all experienced the low back pain that comes from it. This can be frustrating especially for those who travel often. With that said we have some easy tips that can help alleviate the low back pain, we experience while traveling.

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 1: What Is Low Back Pain?

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Resolve Low Back Issues Part 1: What Is Low Back Pain?

Low back issues are one of the most common causes of disability worldwide, responsible for BILLIONS of dollars spent on health care and lost time at work annually. If you have ever experienced low back pain, you know that it can not only impact your hobbies and ability to remain active, but it can make even the most common of daily activities challenging. Our goal with this series is to help you better understand the cause of your low back pain, provide real solutions to help you manage it, and show you that there are many care options out there, some you can do at home, that allow you to remain free of prescription drugs and surgery.

Back pain is not a one-size-fits-all problem, there are most commons, but your approach to care needs to be as individual as you. Without a proper and thorough assessment, it is hard to say which approach will work best for you, but through the experience of helping hundreds of people alleviate their low back pain every day, we can focus on a few of the most common causes and their proven strategies for relief.

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Runner's Knee Bonus: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - Not Just For Runners

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Runner's Knee Bonus: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - Not Just For Runners

For several weeks we have been covering patellar femoral pain syndrome (PFPS), or runner’s knee as many like to call it. However, as with many of the conditions we see, it can be found in more than just one population of people. PFPS can also be caused by other physical activities that put repeated stress on the knee. This can include squatting, jumping, climbing stairs, etc. Along with that, PFPS can occur when you have patellar malalignment, which was touched on in Part 1 of our Runner’s Knee series.

With most PFPS we see, it comes from a sudden increase of load placed on the knee. So if you have recently increased your weight at the gym, time on the Stairmaster, or taken on a new activity, if the stress level on your knees has increased you could experience “runner’s knee” even if you do not consider yourself a runner. With that said, here are a few preventative measures we can implement that could help.

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Runner's Knee Part 4: Treatment, Rehabilitation, & Return To Running

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Runner's Knee Part 4: Treatment, Rehabilitation, & Return To Running

After three exhilarating weeks of discussing Runner’s Knee, we have covered the anatomy, mechanism of injury, hip and ankle mobility, training modifications when injured, and self-care options. This week, we culminate with what happens when self-care is not enough, when you need to seek help, and what that looks like.

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