Posted on Feb 29, 2016
Does anyone have any experience dealing with an IT band/lower back injury?
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I've been dealing with an IT band/lower back injury for about 4 months now. It's a nagging type injury. Have good and bad days. I'm about to enter phase 3 of ABOLC which includes an APFT, and a 12 miler. As much as you'll want to recommend it, resting is not an option at this point. Any info, advice, stories, or requests for more detail would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Not good to 'mess' with a lower back injury at any age or physical condition. They will never go away and never entirely get better over the years. Have it checked out if at all possible for a good diagnosis and treatment or therapy. No way of knowing exactly what is wrong causing the problem w/o diagnosis. Don't compromise yr health at this point in your career, whether it be 3 yrs or 30, to tough it out for a training assignment in the short term.
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I worked in sports medicine for a little while prior to the past 4 years I've worked in physical therapy. This type of pain is very common, especially in marathon runners and general rough terrain running. Stretching is the best thing you could do for the ITB. Though it is a tough fibrous tissue, you can stretch the connections of it on the outside of your knee and to the outside of your hip. Foam rolling is usually the best route to do this. For your low back pain though, how would you describe the symptoms and type of pain?
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Since I wrote this last year I've had an MRI and been in PT. I have DDD in L4-L5 and L5-S1. Also swelling of the joints narrowing the space where my nerve come out of my spinal cord. I've actually had more issues with my paraspinal muscles on left side always being tight and painful. This in conjunction with that same hip pain
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There is a lot of treatments associated with all of those issues fortunately and hopefully PT has helped to. Thing with DDD though, everyone has it to an extent and depending on activity and compression injuries like skydiving when landing, sports, weight lifting, etc. It can speed up the rate of its degeneration. Eventually surgery might be the end result whether it's a fusion, cage or disc replacement, nerve frying, etc. Your ITB could also be associated with compensation pain from your back causing a change in gait or more pressure or dependence put on that specific hip. Have you progressed since starting PT in regards to pain, range of motion, strength?
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