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I’m just into the fourth week of the couch to 5k running programme, and the last couple have left me with a pain below my left knee. I’ve been icing it for about 20 minutes after the run and it’s helped a great deal. My wife suggests rather than elevating the knee, I sit lengthwise on the sofa and place a couple of cushions under the knee, so that the leg is like a pyramid, and the apply the ice pack. As a cyclist my knee doesn’t like being held dead straigh for more than a few minutes, so keeping it up but crooked is a much better idea. Try that instead.
PS. I’m writing this with an ice pack on my left groin instead tonight. That’s what happens when you take up running after 40 years of cycling!
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Cheers for the replies @plantasia & @jj72. It just slowly came on rather than a snap or instant pain pre or post ride. No instability as far as I can tell, however today is really the first day in 6 days I'm going further than my kitchen.
Definitely will pick up some ibuprofen gel rather than the tablets.
The pain does remind me of a muscle tear so I'll keep resting and no cycling. Worth elevating the knee as well?