Wanted to provide a general update.
I realized that the problem was likely that I haven't run more than 10 feet in the past three years, and the tissue around my knee likely wasn't used to supporting the beating.
Since my original post, I took a week off to let my knee heal and then eased back into jogging extremely carefully. I jogged for just ten min one day, then twenty, and up now up to thirty minute jogs thrice a week. I've been doing a hell of a lot of stretching after each run.
I've also started walking about thirty minutes on off-days.
So far, no knee pain, although there were a few times that I just "barely" started to feel a problem about twenty minutes in, and immediately stopped.
I'm excited to be back in to running - it gets a lot of hate here, but the endorphin kick of being outside and soaked in sweat isn't something I've been able to replicate with strength training.
I realized that the problem was likely that I haven't run more than 10 feet in the past three years, and the tissue around my knee likely wasn't used to supporting the beating.
Since my original post, I took a week off to let my knee heal and then eased back into jogging extremely carefully. I jogged for just ten min one day, then twenty, and up now up to thirty minute jogs thrice a week. I've been doing a hell of a lot of stretching after each run.
I've also started walking about thirty minutes on off-days.
So far, no knee pain, although there were a few times that I just "barely" started to feel a problem about twenty minutes in, and immediately stopped.
I'm excited to be back in to running - it gets a lot of hate here, but the endorphin kick of being outside and soaked in sweat isn't something I've been able to replicate with strength training.