This may be purely anecdotal, but as a runner I was injured for 5 months (Sep - Feb) with illiotibial band syndrome. I was running in traditional running shoes.

This may be purely anecdotal, but as a runner I was injured for 5 months (Sep - Feb) with illiotibial band syndrome. I was running in traditional running shoes. I'd had no problems in the few years up until that point. I've been re-habilitating myself by stretching & foam rollering, but also by adopting barefoot running, paying strict attention to my running form. I use Vibram five fingers for the most part, but I've also some of my runs totally barefoot. Aside from one little incident with a small bit of glass, running on asphalt felt fine, almost as nice as sand. I'm not saying that barefoot running alone cured my ITBS, I'm sure it has something to do with the stretching and rolling, but it is contibuting to injury free running. It also feels amazing.