Mysterious Knee Injury

Knee pain is very tough, but be patient. From what I've read, the PT for it can take some time to work and you begin to see the benefit. Don't do too much strengthening stuff at once. Do some running and try to fill in the rest of the time with cross training. Crosstraining sucks balls but it will make it a much smoother comeback. Good luck I am in similar situation myself

"...and the other doctor said it was irritation from the way my legs are built."

I LOVE how orthos are paid an incredible amount of money to be able to give a prognosis such as that one. It blows my mind how easily they will BS a patient when they just aren't sure what the actual problem is. Instead of sending them to someone who may have a different take on the problem or God forbid more EXPERIENCE, they send you home to ponder over that answer.

Anyways, I agree with the bees knees in terms of what you can do for it now. However, I would seek out a 3rd and even 4th opinion depending upon how important running is to you. Don't be afraid to do a little bit of driving. It might be worth your while.

probably runners knee.

I thought it may be runner's knee, but the way that the pain is around the inside of my knee cap leads me to believe otherwise. I've been rehabbing this whole two months as well. I am now changing my diet to eat more fish, onions, and spinach to help combat the injury. I am also considering drinking joint juice and maybe taking fish oil.

Get an MRI if you can. If there's a tear you'll probably need surgery to fix it.

Pain around the knee cap isn't a meniscus tear, its patellafemoral pain (runners knee). A meniscus tear will usually feel like its on the side or back of knee. The knee will usually be swollen and feel "full" or stiff when you bend it.

Did the surgeon do an MRI or anything? Depending on where the tear is it could heal on its own, but in most cases you need surgery to remove it or repair it.

I did get an MRI. The surgeon said it was a small meniscus tear, but then the second doctor said that it wasn't necessarily that and that if I tried to get scoped that they would go in there and not find anything.