I felt fine when I went to bed last night, but when I woke up this morning I could barely walk. My right knee hurts, and there is point sensitivity on the medial condyle of the tibia. Pain is also evident medially when the knee is non weight bearing and I flex the knee. The pain is worse when I rotate the knee externally as I walk, but it is not as bad when I rotate the knee internally. Later in the afternoon the knee was feeling better so I decided to test it out. I ran about 2 miles (1 mile barefoot and 1 mile in sandals) just to test the knee out. I didn't wear running shoes because I didn't want to mask any problems (or make them worse) by wearing shoes that may cause (or inhibit) rotation at the knee joint. There was zero pain while I was running, but once I was finished my knee flared up on me within a few minutes of stopping. I'm not sure what to think of it. The only stress I have noticed on the knee is one bad step I took during the second mile repeat I ran on the way to school on Wednesday as I felt a slight twinge in the knee as I made ground contact during a slight turn near then end of the mile. However, I felt no pain as I finished that run, or on the way home that afternoon, or during either run on Thursday. It seems so strange that I would just wake up to find myself injured. It is frustrating. On a more positive side I have had very minor knee issues in the past, and they always seem to clear up within a day or two mostly on their own. Hopefully this will be similar. | 