20/07/2016 · PainScience has extremely detailed guides to iliotibial band syndrome ITBS, patellofemoral syndrome PFPS, and shin splints, and many other related articles: PS IT Band & Patellofemoral Pain Defy Common Sense — The science shows that you can’t blame runner’s knee on structural quirks that seem like “obvious” problems. Iliotibial band syndrome, or ITBS, is the result of inflammation of the iliotibial band, a thick band of fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the leg. The iliotibial band begins above the hip joint and extends to the outer side of the shin bone tibia just below the knee joint.

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