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@dexter couple of days late, but pain at the side of the knee suggests injury to one of the collateral ligaments - on the outside of the knee it’s the lateral collateral ligament. Unlikely to be a catastrophic injury so as others have said, rest, ice, compression and elevation. The most important of these are rest - definitely avoid big rides until the pain has gone - and ice. The way I was taught to ice a musculoskeletal injury is ice every 2 hours for about 20 minutes, until it’s uncomfortably cold, for a couple of days at least. It really does work if you do it properly.
It’s worth checking your cleat position because this may be causing uneven load to your knee. I found these pictures which are simple but quite useful. The Q angle is the angle between the upper and lower part of the leg seen from the front (femur and tibia).
@TM as stated above, clicking suggests cartilage (meniscus) tear. No easy solution but should improve with rest and physio. You can find physio exercises online, you have to be very diligent and do exercises every day for six weeks at least to see any improvement. MRI may be useful to find the exact injury but you would only be offered surgery if you knee is locking, and as you say wouldn’t happen any time soon anyway. Waiting time for these even pre-Covid is quite long unless you went private. Any sports doc / physio / orthopaedic surgeon will advise physio to start with.
Full disclosure - I am a doctor but not a sports or orthopaedic specialist. I am not working currently so thought I could be a bit useful here!
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Cheers @DrDave - managed to get a video conference call with a doc who said exactly the same as you. Been prescribed a week's worth of Naproxen and a telephone call with a knee specialist post course to see whether I need an MRI. Going to be taking it easy for a fortnight, god help my fitness levels after all of this!
I've never had an issue with knee pain coming from my cleats, haven't moved them in 7 years! I'll definitely be having a review once I pick new shoes up though.
Dexter
Noted - tried this last night and much less uncomfortable so thank you. Still no idea what I've managed to do, have signed up to the NHS app to try and get a virtual appointment with a doc.