Thanks for your reply.

Yeah I regret it but I was also assured my nexted appointment would be in a couple of weeks (until I got the darn letter with 23rd april on it! annoying!)

I want to ask you... if you were to have a look at someone with gradual knee problems wouldn't you actually assess the whole structure (foot, pelvis etc) of that person instead of just the knee? Like I said before I have a flat back type posture and feel pretty misaligned from head to toe ... surely this is a big factor and something which shouldn't be dismissed lightly from a physio & doctors right? When I went back to the GP to get a referral to the orthopedic consultant he was talking about anthroscopy...I was like woooo slow down there!!

I have a dreaded feeling its something that could've been prevented by doing some proper asessment to start from a physio with help from a podiatrist.