Originally Posted by
Turnin2
My wife has been battling left side bursitis and a tender IT band on both sides. She went to a O.D. who basically gave her a cortisone shot and reccommended physical therapy. She has finished P.T. and has some improvement but not a great deal. She still cannot walk more than a mile with out her hip/IT band starting to hurt. She has been doing all the exercises and stretching suggested in PT but is improving very slowly if at all.
I was wondering if anyone here has benefited from Active Release Threapy (ART) and what advice can you give us?
http://www.activerelease.com/
how long has she been going?
for me when I stared with IT band issues biking for more than 15 mins caused issues
my physio therapist gave me strengthening exercises,,, stretching 3 times a day and holding the stretch for 1 min and I ramped up my biknig by 5 mins a week 2-3 days a week
I also got professionally fitted and found my seat was too low... I switch to speedpaly frog cleats for more float as well but if your wife uses road shoes I'd recommend speed play zeros since you can limit the flat
I started my physio in December and it took me till march to be able to do an hour of riding with out pain
I also received massages 3 times a week and my therapist said ART would not work well for the IT band because it crosses multiple joints