I have made a few posts now I know about my knee problem, but I have been out since may 23 with some sort of knee problem, an inflamation like bursitis or tendonitis although I am beginning to think it could be something else, maybe cartilage problems, I have been having PT for about 2 months now but they never actually diagnosed me, have only been saying I have a patallar issue and been doing lots of strengthening, icing, taping and what have you.

Problem is it really hasn't worked that well and returning to running proved too difficult. The knee pain is still there and today after walking home my knee went all red and hot. I have tried icing after runs and every night but it doesnt really fix the problem, my physios keep telling me to run on it and do the strengthening but I cant run on it because it hurts too much and I know in my head that if I ran mroe than a few more times it would just get worse.

I have been doing all sorts of work on my ITB, glutes and more recently quads which has really helped my strength inbalance, but the knee pain is still there so...the one thing I do know is I am almost out of free PT treatments so I will have to start paying soon, and if thats the case I will definately see a specialist.

What do you guys think? It doesn't seem to be getting better. I have been told by a few people it could be cartilage issues.