You say that you've "tried everything that [you] know" -- does that include seeing a doctor and/or physical therapist? If you haven't, please do: many (most) running injuries are curable with the right training and rehab. A good PT can probably set you on a path back to 6-7 miles per day (and beyond!)
Anecdote time: last winter I started having serious, eventually debilitating knee pain. I went from 30-40 mpw to a point where even a couple miles hurt like hell. I have shitty health insurance and resisted seeing a PT for months, worried about the cost, hoping I could just "tough it out." Yeah, not so much. I finally saw a PT in January, got diagnosed with classic ITBS, and started rehab. Within a month I was back to 3-5 mile runs, and by March I was ready to run a half marathon. I'm keeping up with the strengthening exercises my PT assigned, and the ITBS is just a painful memory.
And the costs I was worried about didn't turn out to be much of an issue: my PT was willing to work with me and my crummy insurance to figure out a way to make it affordable. I only ended up paying about $250 for a couple months of visits — a small price to pay to be able to run again!
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You say that you've "tried everything that [you] know" -- does that include seeing a doctor and/or physical therapist? If you haven't, please do: many (most) running injuries are curable with the right training and rehab. A good PT can probably set you on a path back to 6-7 miles per day (and beyond!)
Anecdote time: last winter I started having serious, eventually debilitating knee pain. I went from 30-40 mpw to a point where even a couple miles hurt like hell. I have shitty health insurance and resisted seeing a PT for months, worried about the cost, hoping I could just "tough it out." Yeah, not so much. I finally saw a PT in January, got diagnosed with classic ITBS, and started rehab. Within a month I was back to 3-5 mile runs, and by March I was ready to run a half marathon. I'm keeping up with the strengthening exercises my PT assigned, and the ITBS is just a painful memory.
And the costs I was worried about didn't turn out to be much of an issue: my PT was willing to work with me and my crummy insurance to figure out a way to make it affordable. I only ended up paying about $250 for a couple months of visits — a small price to pay to be able to run again!
See a physical therapist!
Yeah I actually did not do any physical therapy. You're exactly right (I self-diagnosed ITBS myself)..