I've been receiving physio for a few weeks and had a few weeks enforced rest with patella tendonitis in the right knee. Over time it has made my left quad bigger than my right and inparticular the vastus mediallis muscle in my left leg, which is noticeably bigger than the same muscle in my right leg. This seems to be due to the fact I was subconciously putting more effort through my left leg when running to protect my right knee, and this was certainly borne out by the fact my left quad seemed to always get fatigued much quicker than my right.
I'm fairly sure from past experience that if I started running again tomorrow the knee would start becoming quite sore again fairly quick. I need to strengthen the right quad so as to even out the effort when running between my legs and thus hopefully stop the problem. The trouble is its difficult to do this i.e using squats etc, without making the knee sore again. It seems a bit of a catch 22 really.
Has anyone else had a similar problem and if so what did you do to try and get rid of it? Would be great to hear from anyone who got rid of it permanently.