Early Stages of Knee/Shin Pain - Not sure what it is/how to prevent

Hey Guys,

Experiencing pain in the ligament/tendon that connects the patella to the tibia. The pain is coming from the top of my shin and it only really hurts after exercise and it is localised, only really sore/tender when i press into it. It doesn't hurt walking about, i can still walk about and run and play football/soccer fine but it just doesn't feel right? if that makes sense.

I've attached a link to tumblr where I have uploaded some images to pinpoint where the pain comes from... it says my images are too big in size to upload.

I'm 25, in an office job, played football my whole life, don't really run other than when playing football, used to go to gym a lot but since moving workplace haven't as much past 2/3months. Very frustrating as a similar pain kept my out of football for about a year around 3 years ago, i just stopped playing for a year and it got better.

Any advice? Thoughts? on what it could be and how i could prevent it. I'm going to stretch a lot over the next couple weeks, plenty ice and rest from running/football for 2/3weeks and see how it is but if anyone else has ever experienced anything similar i'd appreciate some feedback.

Thanks,

Mikey

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