Before summer I was travelling in my work and during a flight change at Arlanda, Sweden, I had to run between two gates. I carried my backpack and another bag, and during the run the bags started to swing, making my running unstable. I was of course aware about my unstable knee (right) and trying to avoid to much rotational stress on that one I probably forced more into the left knee. I could just feel a twitch or so during the run and no sense of that something was wrong later in the plane. 1 ½ hour later after arrival to Skellefteå and in the transfer bus, I experienced pain. The pain accelerated and a short walk late that night in the city was a real challenge. Next morning was awful, I hade severe difficulties in walking. I visited a pharmaceut, buying some anti-inflammatory gel (Ipren 5%) and some support for the knee. The best I could do was rest, but it wasn't compatible with my duties at that time. Although I was lucky having a "private" driver during several hundreds of miles driving those days in the northern parts of Sweden.
A couple of weeks later - pain was still there at exercise, so I visited a doctor. He said that it probably wasn't any alarming injury, more of a lightly torn cross ligament or so. He prescribed Voltaren as a patent solution, not really my favourite (I didn't either bother to get it at pharmacy). My plans for summer exercises and running was now far away, I had to focus on recovery and continued my gym exercises.
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