The second he said "runner," I knew I was in the right place. Thank you so very much for your help!

Thank you for these magnificent exercises on the TFL, they are magnificent & very helpful indeed. I compressed the femoral nerve 4 years ago as my leg was up against a table which I was too tall for and I lost my whole quadriceps(the muscle collapsed) on my left leg, that goes along with having had my leg broken by another player deliberately playing football, and consequently I have had significant problems with this leg ever since and more than likely for the rest of my life.

Hello, Tom. I bought your book which arrived 2 days ago, it's excellent, well laid out, super friendly to read, and super useful. I'm 59 and had a stroke 16 months ago. I suspect my TFL is playing havoc and I do have a weekly physio who alerted me to the TFL. Best wishes and congrats on the book, again.

Extremely good book. I am impressed.

Thanks for your helpful video! Recommendations for sleeping position as I sleep with a long body pillow in between my legs and my TFL feels stiffer when I get up and out of bed in the morning. It’s been an ongoing issue for years as a runner and triathlete. Many thanks!

Book bought! Nice step by step explanation. Thank you very much. Have a great day!

Congrats on the book! Definitely going to take a look.

Good to get strengthening moves for the tfl. Thank you

When doing the 2nd exercise I immediately feel the soreness. Don’t want to further aggravate. But maybe this means I’m on the right track?

That book looks very interesting and the exercises are perfect. I recently irritated the muscle through running. I find that my lower body pilates workout helps alot. Some of the exercises are similar to the ones you taught on this video. This I jury has reminded me of the importance of stregnth training to maintain and improve my running. How long should I wait to get back into running after this time of concern?

BRILLIANT. This has answered a former question I sent. THANK YOU. : ))

Thanks. I ordered your book. Injured myself running hills. I am getting some help. It's complicated. I am thinking tfl, piriformus, psoas, Itb, all of it. Hope to run again soon

This is SO helpful. Truly appreciated; thank you 😀

Thanks

Damn, this felt amazing

This works. Thanks

Got light ITBS for 2 weeks and hip snapping. Must be my tfl muscle which is too weak. Will not be running for at least 1 week and I’ll be Focusing on these excersices and antiinflamatory

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Thanks for the great vid. Just one question: Other trainers/therapists recommend strengthening the surrounding muscles like the glute med doing e.g. the leg raise to relieve the TFL. Could you explain why you focus on training it, doesn´t it add to the tightness?

I have developed this pain 3 months after tkr, am doing really well except going down stairs is still painful. I think I have altered my motion downstairs to compensate and am now trying to find ways to resolve this without kneeling.

Thanks….Subbed!

Can make a video on inner thigh and groin area pain as well? Thanks.

Very helpful! But also you speak about internal rotation, but I’ve also read that the TFL helps to externally rotate the femur at the knee. Is that true so for someone that’s wanting more external rotation such as for Ballet I imagine this is going to be a very important muscle.

Thank you, this has been very helpful.👍 Could I ask, if after performing the second exercise i feel tightness behind the knee of my affected leg what might that suggest?

Good

Both my TFL muscles are so tight I can't hold my legs up in air. These excerises look great but I am concerned they will get tighter. Don't need that as these muscle's have caused other issues in legs. These muscles when sitting for travelling in a bus these muscles become so tight that it seems my circulation is affected. My legs have given me issues for years. I am 5ft 4ins tall so it is a bugger.

Can you do each of these exercises and stretches each day?

Hey Dr.Tom, I’ve read so many posts talking about iron cross stretch being good for stretching the TFL, is this not true? I can’t seem to feel it myself. Would you recommend it to stretch the TFL?

Is it normal that after doing a stretching exercise I feel more pain than before?

My TFL takes over from my glute med. Is it just a matter of strengthening my glute med?

How many days a week would you suggest doing these exercises?

That's funny cuz I've been trying to do this motion and I learned I have a tight TFL a week or 3 qgo

For the leg raise when the leg is forward a bit; the discomfort moves immediately to the outside of my knee (I do have severe osteoarthritis but no necessity for surgery right now). Should I start with an easier step prior to strengthening?

Strengthening exercises seem to aggravate pain right around the insertion point on the Iliac Crest. Is that normal? Any ideas?

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I don't know why but my tfl is wider and it looks bad bcz it makes my body box shape even though I have a decent back and shoulder to look v

My TFL always cramps up for instance when i ride a motorcycle or i do stuff. Do i need to strengthen it like it the video ? I feel like ots already to strong tight

I already have overly developed TFL genetically I assume but it grew up playing european football and walk a lot so kinda make sense , I doubt squats and deadlifts developed them lol

I had hip replacement three years ago, and TFL/IT band discomfort (in that hip) started about a year ago. It comes and goes, but seems to be getting worse. Is it OK to do these exercises? My ortho Xrayed it, and everything is good with the implant.

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