Alot of people have issues with their knees and hips and think it will help to foam roll the IT Band. This is far from the best way to fix the Iliotibial Band. Anthoney discusses things you can do from exersices, stretchs and manual manipulation to help with IT band issues. Runners are the people who have spoken out about rolling out the IT band for recovery. There are many issues, with rolling out a ligament like increasing inflamation, short term relief, and not adressing the root cause.