Iliotibial band inflammation

[jordan7874]

I have talked to several physicians, physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons, LMTs, and absolutely noone has ever heard of the problem I am about to describe. I am a 29 year old 6'3" 290 lb 17% bf 3 cycles under my belt, all tren test dbol. Last summer (may, june, july, august) on my third cycle i injected in my lower quad with 1 1/2 inch 21 guage syringes 250mg test e 100mg tren a eod. i dropped the tren after six weeks. This was my first cycle to inject in my queads. I started pct in september and everything was fine until december. My outer quads and IT bands began to get severly inflammed to the point that they were hot to the touch and i would get a severe fever and could not even bend my leg anywhere near 90 degrees. My leg was literally hard as a rock. Now here is the crazy part. This is still occuring on a strict time schedule ever since it started in december. One week my right leg will be severly inflammed ill get sick and not be able to bend my leg. then nothing for a week. then my left leg will become inflammed for a week. then nothing for a week. repeat. everyone knows about my cycle and i have discussed in detail with all medical personnel. my IT bands are very tight and i think there is scar tissue on them. Right now i am going to PT, stretching, getting deep tissue work done, and getting a large shot of depomedrol once a month. My grandfather is my general practitioner and has been practicing medicine for 50 years and has never seen anything like this. Please help because i am deathly ill from this. just any kind of pointers im not asking anyone to cure me. i believe i went through the lower quad and into the IT band on the injections. Probably 40 injections total as it was a 16 week cycle. If i left anything out please let me know

 

[trex74]

My sympathies with taking the depomedrol, has it been hard on your moods? My husband has had to get 3 days of IV 200 mg solu-medrol for organ rejection, and he went absolutely bugshit crazy for a while.
Your grandpa is probably your best help right now, but it does sound like an infection deep down there somewhere.
Best of luck, and don't be afraid to go get a second opinion in the hospital or something.

 

[jordan7874]

thanks yes the depo makes me feel pretty bad, and if it was an infection why does it go away and come back on a time schedule??? it would just stay inflammed. Ive even talked to an endrocinolgist. Ive had a fourth and fifth opinion on this. Noone knows what it is.. I need help really bad my fever goes up to 103 and i cant get out of bed then im perfectly fine for a week and feel great. then sick again.. on a time schedule... please someone has to have heard of this type of IT band syndrome... and no i dont run my cardio is limited to elliptical

 

[CheapPinz]

I'm a PT and have never treated anyone with this type of condition. It makes no logical sense that one week the right side has a crippling pain, then relief for a week, then alternating to the other side. As a therapist, I was taught to have inflammation there must be a catalyst..an acute injury, a motion you keep repeating that causes such a problem. I have two thoughts and both are probably just as useless as the current diagnoses...1: If you're having terrible pain on the right side, you're probably favoring the left and therefore creating the future symptoms there--but that wouldn't explain the week of relief in between. 2: If its a bilateral thing, effecting both sides at one time or another, have they gone so far as to check your back? It may sound obsurd, but the nerves coming off your lumbar feed your legs, and if there's a pinched nerve or inflammation there, it could explain the rotating symptoms. Just a few thoughts on what I'd be thinking if I were treating you. Good luck-

 

[jordan7874]

yes we looked into the back thing too, no such luck there. i feel perfectly fine in between each leg flaring up. im not lifting with my legs, not even walking fast... my it bands are very tight. i think it was caused by needle trauma to the band.. my pt feels like there is scar tissue on the tendon.. is that even possible and how could that effect it tightening to the point of becoming inflammed on a time schedule?? i have racked everyones brain in the medical field about this and figured i would come back to the source of what i think happened, my misuse of steroids.

 

[jordan7874]

my left leg became inflamed today and im running a 103 fever, im certain this is from injecting into my IT band

 

[jordan7874]

surely someone has heard of this condition from injecting in the IT band