The Latest on My Knee

I know I promised that I would not have any more knee updates until after I was recovered and the 10 week waiting period had been completed.  Well I couldn't wait anymore.  My knee has not been feeling better.  In fact, there are days when I bend down and have terrible pain.  The pain isn't as bad as the first day when I injured it but it still is pretty terrible.  Since it has been 4 weeks since the injury and I would have wait another 4 weeks, I couldn't take it any more. 

I decided to get a second opinion on my knee.  I made an appointment and picked up my MRI results and disc.  Since I had the MRI results, I decided to do some reading.  The results did say that I didn't any tears and that I had excessive fluid in my meniscus but it also mentioned that I have a cyst or some sort of lesion.  What?  The first doctor didn't mention this.  I figured I would let the new doctor talk to me about my injury and see if he brought it up.  If he didn't I knew I would ask because that just doesn't seem normal.

Well I went to an appointment with a new doctor and let me just say I am so glad I made the appointment.  Remember, when I thought my injury was an IT band injury?  Turns out the injury was an IT band injury all the time!  The doctor recommend stretching and foam rolling.

So I started stretching and foam rolling multiple times a day.

Here are some of the best stretches:

The doctor also told me that I was running too much too soon and that is why I have an IT band issue.  He said if I was going to run a half I would have to run 4 to 5 times a week.  Although the DRC program called for running 5 days a week, I knew my back couldn't handle that.  So I left the appointment disappointed that I wouldn't be able to run a half any time soon.  But I was determined to keep fit.  

I am playing around with a few new ideas and will let you know when I make a decision.  Have you ever had an IT band issue?  If so, how did you heal?