Thanks venus for the book suggestion..i'll try and hunt it down here.

My knee's feeling much better but still quite stiff. I went and visited another physio on friday & it was AWESOME....He was quite happy i'd continued my regular regime-swimming, walking to work & pilates as i could pinpoint the minute but important feeling of my knee wavering a little bit as i walked & biked. Also, the reason for some of the pain is yup my ITB is still quite tight...

He gave me some stretches to do, taped the top of my knee & said to go for a ride on sat & let him know if it made a difference while riding. Yup it did & will do more riding before my appt this week without the tape.

Again ladies, thanks for your input & i appreciate your posts.

c