knee pain after surgery

[nevvy1963]

hi i had a meniscus repair 30th april,everything ok with rehab,no pain,felt good and confident with the knee,started to up my training 5 weeks ago re triathlon target race 13th sept,however i have since felt discomfort on inner of my knee,and some pain in the kneecap area,resulting in complete rest of knee for past three weeks,having physio but seems to be a slow process,have i got some sort of muscle imbalance,week quads,tightness.?

[Heidi]

It may be a muscle imbalance problem.
Did you have a very gradual intro back to running?

[nevvy1963]

yes,i am a serving member of the uk fire sevice and spent two weeks at a firefighter charity funded rehabilitation centre,doing lots of balance drills and exercise,swimming pool based drills,gentle intro on running machine,static bike.finished there then did gentle running/jog built upto 30 mins, outdoor bike where the problem seemed to start,and swimming drills no big distance,over a period of three weeks then the problems started and have done no exercise now for almost 4 weeks,only in the last 2 days have i began to feel an improvement in the knee,just worried that i may have had a recurrence of cartilage tear?