Quote Originally Posted by Squatzilla View Post
Before you start self diagnosing bro go get remedial massage. If he can dry needle even better. Foam rolling your itb is a waste of time. Relieving pressure in tfl / glutes could help. Increading hip mobility (takes time but worth the effort). Get a hockey ball and go crazy on your vmo/ piriformus as eell. Youll know when you hit a tight spot.

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Used to have bad IT pain, foam rolling the IT Band directly will not help. It's supposed to be tight. Try hitting the muscles that connect to it. Roll the quad where it connects to the IT Band. Use a lacrosse ball to hit your glute medius and TFL. Go ahead and hit the glute max and piriformis as well, not as important but if you dont do this regularly its probably gonna contribute a little.

Gotta plug Becoming a Supple Leopard if you really want to increase mobility. I'm not talking about becoming a freak contortionist, but having proper mobility is important. Fixing my posture and working on shitty spots via self massage has helped me a lot. Mobility is something you got until you dont, then its hard to get back, especially with age.

Dont listen to Starrett's lifting advice, its pretty shitty. However the back half of the book is practically an encyclopedia on how to self massage every part of your body with routines for typical pain and poor mobility spots. Between the posture advice and mobility it was worth it to me.