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Originally Posted by kashmir
We are in the middle of our physio instruction fix at the Winter Warmup and ITBs came up. Lots of people have tight ones. You are on the right track with the roller. Problem is that the ITB is fascia (white tissue) - not muscle. As a rule you cannot stretch fascia - it'll tear first - it doesn't have the spindle structure of muscle. Massage is your best approach.
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not sure where you heard that but in my training and experience, that's untrue. you can stretch fascia. fascia is what holds muscle together. it is like a web, so it stretches all ways, but you do want to stretch slowly so as not to cause a tear, same with the muscle. look up myofascial release. it's all about stretching the fascia slowly to help release adhesions in the fascia. massage is great for sure! but stretching is also good.