While this pain is often associated with runner’s knee, there’s another common running related injury that can could be to blame: iliotibial band syndrome a.k.a. IT band syndrome. As the ...

Iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS ) is an overuse injury caused by excessive friction between the iliotibial band (ITB) and the lateral femoral condyle. The iliotibial band is a confluence ...

Somewhere between 12% and 52% of runners complain of IT band syndrome, according to Breach. While it is often called iliotibial band friction syndrome, she explains that ‘the latest accepted ...

Background: Iliotibial band syndrome is the second most common running injury. A gradual increase in its occurrence has been noted over the past decade. This may be related to the increasing ...