Favorite ITB stretch

You just gotta hit the foam roller every day.  I sat out Nov-Feb last year with a bum IT Band...it sucks. 

Can't stretch the ITB itself, but the muscles near there.  I know three things: 

Foam roller as posted above for working out the knots in that muscle; pigeon pose; and then one I don't know the name of:  lie on back one foot on the floor, other foot crossed over that knee, pull both legs towards your chest.  The upper leg's ankle is on the lower leg's knee, and the upper leg is pointing way out, hip open.   That does it for me.

X2.  I really like the black high-density foam rollers.  They seem to hold their shape longer than the generic white ones do.

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Honestly, in every ITB stretch I've tried, I've never felt it the way I feel a hamstring or calf stretch, and my ITB's and me go waaay back.  Af far as stretches go, I really like the ones Runner's World recommends.  One other I add in with the one shown is very similar.  Once you're in the position shown, you gently lay your leg across your body.  This stretches up towards the hip. 

I've always liked doing a few very light strenghtening exercises, similar to these.

EDIT:  My spelling sucks.  I was going to try to fix it, but...nah.

Foam roller...you lie on it on the floor? push on it with your hands going down the sides of your leg?

They wanted me to use a rolling pin. They worked on it so hard one day I wanted to scream. They were amazed I haven't had any problems with it....said that I must have strong quads to keep my knee aligned right with how tight it was.

Actually I've found that you CAN stretch the ITB .........

Two ways I do it:

1) Think of standing with feet together and leaning over and touching your toes - simple hammy stretch.  Now to feel it in the ITB, cross your one leg over the other.  Hold the stretch for a time, then do the other side.

2) This one I really notice ........ Think of the normal calf stretch (holding up the wall) where you have one leg forward, the other back fully extended.  This will stretch the calf muscles.  To get the achilles stretched, do the same thing but bend the back leg at the knee and lean back a little.  To get to the ITB, do the same thing but make the leg in front straight and lean forward a bit.  To REALLY get the impact, rotate your hips away from the extended leg.  You will really feel it then.

It would be much easier to show than explain, and they really work for me ........

two from my pt:

1. kneel on the ground (one knee in back one foot in front) and lean your hips forward

2. lay about a legs length from the wall and cross your leg farthest from the wall over your body and push against the wall with your foot

I guess I really shouldn't give ITB advice...since I ended up having surgery....

But I like the foam roller and stretching my BUTT. 

IT band stretching is near and dear to my heart.  Yes, I use a foam roller and when I was first battling ITBS, the foam roller was more critical.  But now that I do regular IT stretching, the foam roller doesn't get used as much.  My favorite IT stretch is to lie on your back and stick one foot straight up in the air.  Then let it drop to the other side making an L with the rest of your body.  When your foot touches the floor stretch your shoulders and hips against it back down to the floor as much as possible.  I love this stretch.