There is an exercise in this article that works very well to strengthen the tensor fascia lata. It's called the Walt Reynolds's ITB Special[/URL" target="_blank">. It takes some practice to get it right, but when you do you can really feel the muscle working. As mmoonhead pointed out, it also helps to work on your hip adductor and abductors. Exercise bands work well for this.

Tom

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Yeah, that pictorial guide is correct. In a sense, it's a way of duplicating the running motion without running

From my experience with that exercise, it does hit the muscles attached to the IT Band really well. However, if your band is still sore or strained, you will also get a sensation in the band itself.

As the ITB gets closer back to health, the tension you feel on the band itself pretty much disappears, as I've discovered. Obviously, that doesn't mean you should stop doing that or any other of the hip abductor exercises/stretches for the ITB