Subject: RE: Lateral Ligament Strain or ITBS If you're still looking for an opinion, without actually looking at you I would also vote ITB as opposed to the fibular collateral lig (or LCL ). If you have no pain while just passively bending and straightening your knee or tenderness over the LCL (about an inch &1/2 lateral to the patellar tendon beneath the patella ), then you can pretty much rule out the ligament. Since the ITB has muscular components to its function (tensor facia lata muscle, etc ) when you use those muscles, you will have the pain. You could in fact have an overuse injury/ tendonitis at the distal attatchment of the ITB... a common site due to the "gliding" action of the band across the lateral knee when performing repetitive knee flexing/ weight bearing activities like running. Make sure to always ice after your workout, take it easy and try your best not to push too hard too soon (maybe you'll have to go back to walking only or jog/walk intervals ). Hope this gave you some insight as to what might be going on (however, keep in mind that i'm a few months shy of officially being a PT ) I wish you a speedy recovery! |