Hi Josephine,
The pain is in the front, a few inches up from the knee. There is also pain on the lateral side right at the knee. Not too much joint pain, but some inside. Exercising almost daily--stepping up on to a block 12" or so high 10-15 reps, 2 or 3 sets. Quad extensions (on a machine) with hardly any weight. Leg press(on a machine) 10 or 20 reps with 10 lbs, 2 sets. Biking with low resistance 20-30 mins. Sometimes I bike pretty hard out on the road(10 miles) when I'm feeling good. All of the pain can be taken away with 20-30 mins of icing followed by an really hot bath (10-20 mins) where I flex the knee to get to my level of flexion that I can do (heel about 8" from my butt). This sometimes feels like a place where I overdo. I really want to be able to flex this knee as much as possible. And the 20-30 mins of icing. I try to do this therapy (ice-heat-ice) for right after exercising. I also take 800 mgs of Ibuprofen 3 time a day. There is dog walking too--about a mile I guess. I can pretty much maintain a normal gait throughout the walk. Feels good to be able finally to do that!
PS Josephine, thanks for the reply, I've been away from the computer for a few days. Look forward to hearing from you. JimP