AIs , walking , joint pain - small tip

ITB - Iliotibial band - the set of muscles on the side of your thighs, from your hip to your knee. if you have a foam roller you can roll your outer leg up and down to give it a massage. If it's really sore, it's tight and believe me it will be. It's well worth doing your quads (front of thigh) with your feet straight, froggy position (toes outwards, this massages your adductors your inner thigh muscles) and toes pointed inwards. If going on your ITBs is too strong with both legs straight, have your bottom leg straight and your top bent in front of your straight leg and planted on the floor to alleviate the pressure on the ITB whilst you are rolling up and down on it, until it starts to release (as in the pain eases slightly or you've had enough!) - this will take a time as in weeks depending on how often you do this. If you find a really tight spot at any point stop there and rock from left to right to help release that area and then go back to rolling up and down. You can get foam rollers at Rebel Sport and you can find various exercises to do on them on the net or it may come with a booklet too. Have fun!