Originally Posted by
Machka
Did the OP not indicate that he sometimes felt the pain where the quad meets the kneecap? Isn't that on top?
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/307850-clinical
"The patient with iliotibial band syndrome typically reports pain at the lateral aspect of the knee; however, in some cases, the presenting symptom is hip pain over the greater trochanter ... Some patients may have tenderness over the greater trochanteric region of the hip."
And I've been diagnosed with it by a sports Dr. I do get some knee pain, but that's minor compared with the hip pain.
he did say quad to knee cap... but he also said lateral.. he also said ligament.. which is not your quad tendon.. ligament connects bone to bone. you have lateral, medial and 2 cruicate ligaments in your knee.. none of which attach to your knee cap. Knee cap is embedded in your quad tendon
i get a lot of practice deciphering poorly explained symptoms with the college kids i work with. they know what they feel but don't have the anatomical knowledge to explain it.
they way you said "i feel it at my hip" sounded like you were discounting that it was his IT band because it was at his knee. which isn't true.. misunderstanding.
either way.. OP Ice, foam roller, stretching, some time off the bike maybe. I took a month off 2 years ago.. might not have needed that much but that is what other hobbies are for. sometimes you need a break.