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@Kat_Balou
Pretty sure I've had runner's knee for the last 15 years now. Used to run a lot in my teens (cross country and 400m). Got bad knees when I was 15, saw a specialist through my dads BUPA, had an MRI and an isotope scan and got told my knee pads were rubbing together irritating my cartilage. Unfortunately shortly after that my dad was made redundant and didn't have BUPA anymore so nothing more was done. NHS doc told me to stop running and gave me shitloads of ibruprofen.
Have been back many times about my knee and been sent to various physios with no results. I stopped running and doing stressful exercise and still I have pain. Last year a physio sent me to a podiatrist as he noticed I walked funny and I had hip bursitis. Turns out one of my legs is about 2 inches shorter than the other, they gave me orthotics to wear in my shoes and that resolved my hip problem but my knee seems to have just gotten worse. Just walking the 10 mins from the train station to my house is really painful and walking downstairs is a nightmare as sometimes my knee gives way and I can't put any weight on it.
Went out for a longish ride (for me anyway) on Sunday and my knee has been swollen ever since.
I have an appointment next week with a new GP surgery so we'll see what they suggest.
My mum had her knee cap removed when she was 24 which didn't seem to help her (mind you this was probably because they forgot to but a new one in!)