A few months ago now, I did something really nasty to my knee, ouch it hurt that much that I went to see the doctor, who wrote a letter to a consultant who after seeing me wrote a letter to a physiotherapist who is now helping to make my knee stronger.

Apparently, I have an irritable kneecap, which is not helped by having a few weak tendons that need some muscular support and the muscles have themselves become weaker and they need strengthening first so that they can protect my tendons and then they’ll stop my kneecap being irritable!

Today was my 3rd visit to see the physio and as per the last 2 visits I have come back and my knee hurts more than when I went in to see her, but I guess it’s no pain, no gain!

My left leg is definitely smaller than my right leg – the size of the muscles are smaller than those in my right leg – mind you you wouldn’t notice unless you got up close and had a good look as does the physio, but when she points it out, they are different!

Anyhow, between the last two visits we have had no nasty flare-ups and the knee is behaving itself, no longer that irritable, and the physio felt I was ready to start the next set of exercises and in the New Year to join the exercise group for a weekly “circuit” of strengthening…stuff!