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physio gave me a clean(ish) bill of health. some muscle imbalance is pulling my patella to the left causing the right side to become inflamed but he did an ultrasound and confirmed that there's no damage anywhere (and that I'm not pregnant).
he also scanned my achilles and there's a tiny little bit of fluid in the sheath around the tendon but nothing impeding it's movement or function nor is there any damage to the tendon itself.
he's taped my knee up to try and loosen the patella a little and agreed with my suggestion that wearing a knee support just for the next week and the marathon is an acceptable approach to getting through the marathon with as little pain as possible but only as a one off (it's not a valid treatment beyond that).
So I'm happy. ordered a knee support that will hopefully be delivered before I go out tomorrow and I'll see how I get on running with it on sunday. would be good if I could finish up my training by sticking to the final week at least.