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Hey Vag, I've been IT band rolling as well although not as consistent because mine is going away or rather the pain/soreness is diminishing. I found a YouTube vid that suggested to actually find a tender spot and kind of stay there but without rolling just staying still for 20 or so seconds for the myofascia to release then rolling over back and forth. So thats kinda what I been doing, I also think that the mag-10 I bought from t-nation has helped with recovery as well, but that's probably a personal preference. Too bad it's expensive as ****... Hope it goes away for ya.

Thanks! 

Lance/adarqui, what is your opinion about using the leg press for quad strain rehab? Currently i am doing single leg extensions, 4x15 with a 2:2:2 tempo.
Current plan is:
Monday : back squat
Wednesday : RDL + rehab
Friday : front squat
I was thinking i could possibly replace one of the 2 weekly squatting days with leg press until i am at 100% , currently it feels like i am at 90-95%. It feels like i am trapped in a never ending cycle that  i  squat, go down to 90%, recover to 95% until next squat session and all over again.

Now that's interesting. I use box pistols as a recovery evaluation, when they don't hurt at all i consider quad is above 95%.
I will use box pistols to evaluate if i should squat from now on. Pain in pistol => replace squat with SL leg press.
Thanks!

^^^ how is that possible? your knee should be in greater flexion during a pistol than it'd be during a squat.

Are the quads really that active during pistols? I swear I get very little quad activity when I pistol squat on my left leg (using good technique) and a ton of quad activity when I pistol squat on my right leg, with bad technique.

try doing some RDL's to get that left quad active then.






 In all seriousness what youre saying is your left glute fires more during the pistol, and that gives the impression the quad isnt working that much (it is) only not as much as it would require had the glute not done its part.