Need some advice please... After a decent run last week Saturday and a hard bike session on the trainer the following day, I went for another run on Monday evening. My right knee started feeling a bit sensitive on the Monday evening, but I still went for a 11km speed session early Tuesday morning. After a quick shower and getting dressed, I could hardly walk from the pain, and after reading over the following days I self diagnosed myself with runner's knee (PFPS). My injury literally fits all the descriptions I could find, and it manifested over night - obviously it has been coming on for a while I guess. I took the Wednesday and Thursday off from running and cycling, and just went swimming, which really eased the pain almost immediately. Went for a run on Friday and felt no pain, but on Saturday morning I couldn't run more than 20m again. Decided to take 5 days off, and try again on Thursday. Is there anyone who has any advice wrt to treating this? I've been doing squads to strengthen my quads (starts to hurt my knee eventually), and I'm following a stretching routine daily. Anything else, except rest? PS. I went to a specialised shoe shop, and got my running style analysed before buying shoes - I'm 99.9% sure they are the right shoes for me, and I've been running in them for a couple of months now.
