What am I missing ? (recurring ITBFS)

[zisuer]

Happy to hear your pt getting better. Usually, if the problem is muscle weakness, it will take coupld weeks to get them better. And there is a new article reported that more than 60% ITBFS pt have lateral knee pain because the bursa underneath the band inflammed, while not the band itself ( a small study though).

[Sports_Rx]

Happy to hear your pt getting better. Usually, if the problem is muscle weakness, it will take coupld weeks to get them better. And there is a new article reported that more than 60% ITBFS pt have lateral knee pain because the bursa underneath the band inflammed, while not the band itself ( a small study though).

Interesting. Can you post a link for the study please? Some recent stuff I'd read was saying the opposite, and questioning whether a bursa was in fact even present under the band. All the anatomy stuff I've looked at shows a juicy fat bursa but it's good to read challenges to the norm

[zisuer]

Yes, it is controversal whether the bursa exists, 90 % stduies reported negative results. But this study reported positive results, it is small study though, but it is new. Here is the paper: Hariri S, Savidge E, Reinold MM, Zachazewski J, Gill TJ. Treatment of recalcitrant iliotibial band friction syndeome with open iliotibial band bursectomy. Am J Sport Med 2009