Running in lockdown

Hi, I did my post-op rehabilitation with you at Fleet Street after an MPFL reconstruction. I have been pain free, playing squash and golf since completing the rehab. I have taken up running in the current lockdown. After my last run I felt a very sharp pain in the back of my knee joint like a jarring, and a dull ache on what feels like the top of my shin bone. There's also a pain down the outside of my calf. I don't have any mechanical difficulties bending the leg or loading it to walk up stairs for example. However I experience the pain when straightening the leg fully and putting weight on it at the same time, or walking for an extended period of time. Any ideas on what I might have done to my knee? Thanks

Hi Matt - I’ve had a read of your notes and I’m not convinced this has anything to do with your recon. Give me few more pointers....

• Did this occur whilst running (any incident) or afterwards?
• Any swelling?
• Can you reproduce your pain by poking the back of your knee?
• Can you squat down?
• Does 20/30 single leg calf raises (bent and straight knee) reproduce the pain.
• What makes it feel better?
• How much pain out of 10 do you feel.
• Do anti inflams help?

Let me know. The Guru