What mimics ITB syndrome? | Stu's Corner

I recently treated a long-term client of mine who came in complaining of many of the classic indicators of iliotibial band syndrome - one of which being lateral knee pain, the other being this client's long history of ITB pain in the past.
We all know there's no single test for ITB pain, which makes this client an ideal example of what indicators you can look for to confirm if the client's dysfunction is actually ITB syndrome or something else altogether. In this case, the real culprit turned out to be the short head of the biceps femoris, which mimics ITB pain just beautifully.
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[@DD-ff3zo]

This was super helpful, thank you for sharing some gold with us!

[@stuarthindsacademy]

Thank you DD, stay tuned for more gold

[@cookingwithcaleb828]

Really good was thinking rec fem but missed short head. Thanks so much for sharing 🤗

[@stuarthindsacademy]

Yes Caleb, it often gets missed mate, thanks for your feedback

[@paul5808]

Love the content, Stu. Are there any online courses or materials for clinical massage work?

[@stuarthindsacademy]

Absolutely mate i have a whole online platform dedicated to it , follow the link in the description mate .

[@bernardomsouza]

This is great, this morning I did exactly the movement you showed and really found a painful spot on that muscle which I didn’t recognize until I saw your video. How do you go about treating it?

[@stuarthindsacademy]

knee in flexion to relax it and sink in next to the lateral tendon of biceps femoris and you should work it up against the femur