Knees and Arms

I have developed pain in my knees over the last year. It began when I started meditating and sitting cross legged. I was not flexible enough in to adopt a lotus position. I was feeling discomfort behind the left side of my right kneecap but at that point the pain was a new thing and only when I sat cross legged.

I also began cycling around that time and got bored of that and started running. Typically three miles to start and had no real problem then other than when sat cross legged and meditating. I have never run before as it's pretty boring but have always exercised, typically bodybuilding or swimming. I have had no knee problems in the past.

I am currently 17st


At the beginning of this year I started training with kettlebells and due to a change in funding lost my job and ended up working behind a bar. This and the running and the standing around for hours put me in a position where my knees were causing me discomfort bordering on pain on a daily basis and i was relieved to stop the bar work.

The pain slowly stopped and I kept doing kettlebells only. No running or sitting cross legged.

I now cannot run at all now without pain and even if I run just a few steps it hurts.

I have not trained at all for two months now and the problem seems worse.



What is causing the pain?

What can I do to stop it

Should I ignore it and train through it?

if there are things that i can do and i am disciplined about them, how long will my knees take to heal?


The picture attached shows an arrow pointing at the hurty bit



My other problem.

my arms hurt from doing chin ups. i have not done any exercise with them for two months and every time i lift something and so i approach everything gingerly now which is really annoying.

is the pain i'm feeling tendonitis or similar?

what kind of exercise can i safely do?

should i ignore it and keep training?