Chronic knee problems.

Question
This is a somewhat long post, covering an issue lasting
about 2 years.
I抦 a Marine Reservist, and Boot Camp is where my problems
probably started. We had these things called 慼ikes? which
are fast walks up what most would call a mountain carrying a
pack of gear weighing 70-100lbs. The length starts at about
3 miles, and works up to about 10 miles. This isn抰 a
problem, but I was lucky enough to be the guy who would fall
down atleast once every hike, and I pretty much always
landed on my knees. After these my knees would feel a little
stiff, and maybe painful, but nothing too serious, and it
would go away after a day anyways.
This wasn抰 a problem again until about April or May last
year when I started going running on my own, since group
runs tend to be pretty slow. All that really happened was
that after about 3 miles, my left knee started to hurt a
little bit. It seemed to be sort of inside of my knee, and
then worked its way to the outside, right behind the knee
cap. I just kind of brushed it off though (it抯 a Marine
thing, really).
By the middle of September of last year I had worked my way
up to about 6 miles, and I noticed that after about 5 miles,
it started to feel like my knee was just sort of along for
the ride. It抯 hard to explain, but there is normally (it
seems) to be a feeling that the tendons and what not are
pulling within the knee to move the joint. But, after about
5 miles, it seemed like my upper leg was pulling forward,
and everything below my knee was just going along for the
ride.
I decided one day that I wanted to do some weight lifting
after a long run as a cool down. When I went to grab the
weight I had in my house it seemed like my knee was swollen.
I ended up figuring it was about 1.5 times the size of my
right knee. That was when I decided that I would talk to my
unit抯 corpsman (basically half EMT, half nurse) as soon as
I could.
Before I got a chance we had a physical fitness test called
the CFT, which includes a portion where I have to carry
another Marine who weighs as much as I do. During it, my
left knee pretty much stopped supporting any weight about 5
times in 75 yards. Our corpsman wasn抰 anywhere to be found,
but another unit抯 corpsman was around. When I told her what
happened, her eye抯 bugged out of her head, and she said I
needed to see a doctor as soon as I could.
Before I had a chance, we were running laps as punishment
for not doing well enough as a unit. During one lap, my knee
sort of said 憌ell, screw you? and I took a dive into the
mud. I ended up limping into our corpsman抯 office. She just
kind of looked at my knee, and said that because I managed
to get up the stairs, I didn抰 tear anything, and gave me an
icepack, and ibuprofen and told me to get back to work.
I wasn抰 happy with that, and went to see a friend of mine
who抯 an army corpsman. His eye抯 bugged out of his skull,
and told me to go see a doctor. His only other suggestion
was I might have bursitis. Big help. The doctor I saw
checked out my tendons, pressed all over my knee, and got me
an MRI. All clear, so he told me to take a glucosamine
chondroitin supplement, get physical therapy, and avoid
standing for much more then a few minutes (and everything
along those lines).
After a month of therapy, and a few months of staying off my
knee I ended up pretty much good, starting in about April
this year. I still had the occasional stiffness, or twinge
here or there, but nothing big. Until a run during Drill
yesterday, when it all came right back. Towards the end of a
probably 5 mile run, the only thing that probably kept me
from breaking down and crying from the pain was adrenaline.
The only other thing I can think of is that my knee clicks
when I walk sometimes, and pops pretty loudly if I flex my
knee all the way. It hurts when I go up stairs, and a lot
more when I go down them. The best way to describe the
amount of pain, is it's about what I imagine it would be
like to get hit in the knee with a baseball bat.
Thanks in advance.

Answer
Hi John
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All the best

John