It gets less painful with time. It's supposed to loosen and free up inflamed, "locked," tendons. That's what my PT said, anyway. Sort of like friction massage for tendonitis. And if you don't know what that is, consider yourself fortunate!
Steve -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Anne Paulson Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:48 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Now: IT Band Was: Goals for 2010 On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Frederick, Steve <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > David, have you tried a foam roller? Painful but effective... I have a foam roller and have used it a time or two on my IT band. It's excruciating painful, which wouldn't bother me so much if I knew how it was supposed to be beneficial. -- -- Anne Paulson He who wills the ends wills the means -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.