Q) I wonder if you can help me to work out what is wrong with my right knee. I am in training for the three peaks challenge so I have been increasing the amount of hill walking I am doing. Last week on the way down from my longest walk so far I developed sharp pain on the outside of my right knee. It hurt every time I bent my knee and meant that I had to limp my way down. Even though there was no swelling I iced my knee that evening. It was still really stiff and painful the next day but got much better over the next 2 or 3 days. The main problem now is that I still get the pain when I’m coming down stairs. I should be doing another long walk this weekend and want to know if I am doing any damage by continuing.

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Q) I injured my ankle playing football about 3 and half months ago. It was near the end of the season so I carried on playing on it and it took a long time for the swelling to settle down. At first the pain was over the outside of the ankle and this seems to have mostly settled down. Although my ankle is still a bit stiff. Since the football season started again I have noticed a sharp pain at the back of my ankle. It’s not there all the time but it is really bad when I try to strike the ball hard.

What’s causing this?

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