Quote Originally Posted by taureancloud View Post
Hi,
Don't know i this is too trivial a question but thought I may as well ask.
Nothing is too trivial here, asking questions here actually helps a lot of individuals who are students, or even those who are not

I had a long term illness (M.E) and have now pretty much recovered and partly to aid recovery have been gradually been building up exercise.
Exercise is useful, however it should be monitored and progressed slowly

I overdid it jogging one day and my right knee really hurt, around the top and inside. I stopped exercise immediately and the pain is now gone but it clicks loudly all the time when walking or moving. It's been about three weeks now and there's no change. It doesn't hurt any more and I have been doing other exercise and its been fine.
What 'other' exercise are you doing exactly?

I haven't tried to run again yet because when I did a week after the pain had gone it immediately started hurting again. Is clicking a problem if it doesn't hurt? What could this be caused by?
Try to avoid running at the moment there are lower impact activities that can help you maintain your exercise but allow you to manage this current problem. One thing that even I am prey to sometimes is overtraining, and training on an injury, but experience has made me realize that 'an ounce of prevention, is worth a lb of cure'

The other thing, which I thought could be related is after walking for, say an hour, I sometimes get these weird leg pains ,mainly in my calves but sometimes my thighs as well.
Is that both legs?
I don't know quite how to describe them, they feel like they are right inside the leg, sort of a deep ache. I always thought it was just an M.E thing, as you get a whole load of random symptoms but my friend who also has M.E just found out that her leg pains were caused by one of her legs being shorter than the other. She has now been proscribed special insoles.
It is normal to have a slight leg length discrepency, however, is there anything that eases the pain once it comes on? A physiotherapist can measure a True leg length discrepancy easily. However, it could also be muscular fatigue which may be increased, and it could well be a nutrient imbalance.

Now that I am finally recovering after 15 years I am desperate to carry on exercising and get my body stronger. I particularly like running, even though I know its hard on the joints - its free and easy to motivate myself to do- so would really like to go back to it soon if possible.
Great to hear, nothing better than a motivated individual willing to work hard to see results. That's what physiotherapy offers, results. What does a physiotherapist do? Give you results in the shortest time possible, and optimizing whatever current condition is limiting a person

Thanks for taking the time to read all this - Any thoughts?
Some feedback as above, regards