Skip to main content
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
M
Matt Patient
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

Ready when you are

Book with a specialist who’ll take the time to understand what’s actually going on and stay with you until it’s properly sorted.

Book now