found this post at UK-M by hackskii.
I have been suffering with squats and knee problems lately.
I went to Palm Springs for a few days to rest and went to a gym out there.
I have been feeling stiff lately so Id thought id stretch out some.
A trainer came over and we chatted for a bit and I explained that my knees hurt.
He checked my form out and said it was a knee alignment problem and tracking specifically.
He asked me if I sit alot and I answered yes.
He said it might be my I.T. Band that needs stretching.
So, he took this round hard foam and I layed on it with my outter quad. That hurt like hell and he said I was far too tight.
Seems that sitting all day made that shorter and tossed off the tracking on my knee.
I kept trying to pulverise that area and it got less tender and almost immediatly my knee felt better, lower back too.
He told me that if I used that IT band roller within 3 weeks I would have almost no knee pain.
He said I would get more range in squats too.
heres the thread if youre interested-
its a similar technique as trigger point. :idea:
http://www.uk-muscle.co.uk/advanced-...ing-today.html