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Runners Knee
First, I have NOT gone through SFAS or anything equal, but I did suffer from 'runners knee' after spending too much time running and too little time developing the support muscles in my leg.
Short answer, you need train both the main muscles extending the leg - and the support muscles on the side of your leg. I am sure your clinic will help you with a training program.
Personally, I only really got rid of the problem after starting to do TRX exercises. The one leg squats with the other leg in the TRX requires you to maintain balance while doing deep squats with just one leg. You gets lot's of exercise fast doing these.
Remember, rucking on a road is one thing, you also have to be able to negotiate obstacles and get into a kneeling postion - and back up - with your ruck on. That requires a lot more strength than just walking. If you suffer from runners knee, this is probably where you will be quite weak.
When my runners knee was worst, I had no problems running half marathons, but I did have problems carrying my 3 year old child up the stairs...
Expect at least a year of training but probably two, before you are fit for something like SFAS, the knee is a real bad place to have problems.
Regards
Mike
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