The Fundamental Interconnectedness Of Everything

I managed to go running again this morning.

It was significant because for the past 2 months I’ve been almost completely unable to run due to my left ITB giving me a big Fuck You. Cycling wasn’t any better – my ITB would start yelling at me after about an hour on the bike. But the ITB isn’t really the problem.

You see, the ITB is a longitudinal fibrous reinforcement of the Fascia Lata. It is attached to the midpoint of the external lip of the iliac crest and to the lateral condyle of the tibia. The iliac crest is obviously part of the ilium. The ilium has various other muscles that connect it to, amongst other things, the latissimus dorsi.

The fascia lata is the deep fascia

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