I tore my ACL in my left knee some 13 years ago and never had it repaired. I haven't had any major trouble with it since, other than the fact that it is definitely not as stable as it was. Recently I was running some short sharp hills and the next day had major pain right below the outside of that knee to the point I was limping. I have tried for the past month or so to stay off it and ease back into running/cycling with no luck. I initially thought it was a knee/meniscus problem but I am now thinking it is more of the peroneus longus origin since the pain goes the whole way down my calf and hurts when I rest my leg on my right knee. There is no pain with any knee flexion and the ortho cant find anything other than a small amount of instability. It does seem to be getting slightly better but runs still cause pretty much instant pain and cycling causes aching the next day.

I was wondering if anyone else has had experience with this issue and what they have done to minimize recovery time? Starting to get frustrated with lower extremity injuries. I am only 35.... WTF this seems never ending!