Quote Originally Posted by Scrappy View Post
I am just getting back into running (jogging really) after 2 ACL/Meniscus surgeries in the last 15 months. Like you Catrin, I'm finding that my body hurts more than my lungs which is actually sort-of a nice surprise. Patellar Tendon and TFL pain on the surgical side are the issue. A tendon strap was a HUGE help, as well as massaging the TFL while jogging. It appears that the medial quadracep muscle is very weak and causing my foot to rotate out to the right (duck foot) irritating the TFL and pulling the patella to the outside. Bottom line, long slow process and taking it easy with a break or a brisk walk other day is helping rather than hurting.

Cheers and Tally Ho!
Scrappy
The muscle imbalances you are describing here are really common. Yes your inner quad is certainly weak, working on that will help. What also helps is getting your hips doing what they should be. This article is a bit long but is a really good explanation of what hips things you might need to work on. I really like the way he talks about recruiting your glutes at push-off by thinking about getting "goosed".