Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention by Dagny Scott Barrios

Author:Dagny Scott Barrios
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rodale Press
Published: 2004-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Healing time. Several weeks.

ILIOTIBIAL BAND

The iliotibial band connects the hip to the inside of your knee.

Muscle Strains and Tears

What you feel. Sensation that ranges from a twinge or tightness to a severe, debilitating pain, typically localized in a specific area of one muscle. Pain becomes worse with use of the muscle or upon applying pressure to the site. The most typical sites runners strain are the hamstring and groin area, but almost any area can be injured in this manner.

Cause. Except for sprinters, runners don’t typically suffer acute muscle pulls. That’s because a true, severe muscle tear is caused by sudden, extreme exertion. Most distance runners, on the other hand, engage in moderate exercise that is fairly constant and far gentler in terms of effort. Even during track workouts, recreational distance runners do not engage in truly explosive running.

Distance runners do suffer muscle damage, however. These injuries could more accurately be called chronic muscle strains, and they are overuse injuries rather than acute events. In this case, muscle fibers in a specific location suffer repeated microtrauma. Continued strain and ensuing development of scar tissue in the area eventually create a weak, tender knot in the muscle. The runner doesn’t technically have a torn hamstring, but he does have an aggravated, debilitated one.

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