Knee problem :(

[seldon]

Besides a bike crash about 8 or so years ago, I've never (knock on wood) had issues with my knees, but a couple days ago started to have an issue with my left one for no apparent reason:

I literally stepped down out of a hotel shower onto my left leg, and my knee felt immediately unstable, with pain around the outside and back - in that rope-like tendon in the back outside edge of your knee. I worked out yesterday - was able to row and do single-leg squats - in hopes that I could soreness / muscle cramping that might be causing it...

This morning I got out of bed and it felt ok, and then i turned my hips slightly (away from the knee) away from the knee and the pain full-on returned.

I'm moving (to a 5th floor walk-up) on Monday, so this is not ideal timing... I've scheduled an appointment to see an ortho but can't get in till a week from today. Any thoughts on what I might have done?

[4matic]

Sounds like a simple strain to me. You been training a lot?