medial knee injury

I used to run everyday. I started lifting weights instead but randomly ran 2 days in a row in mid December. It was cold outside and I didn't stretch before/after either day. The day after my 2nd run, my knee was very swollen. It was hard to extend or bend my leg. Since then, I've been using Voltaren to lower the swelling and it's helped alot. It's been about 2 months and the swelling has went down alot, but I think there's still a little swelling. There's not much pain. There's slight discomfort if I bounce around and squat my butt to the ground, but it's tolerable. I'm able to to workout my legs with weights and there's not any discomfort.

I'm hearing/feeling a pop in my knee and that's my biggest concern right now. I notice it when I walk and can feel the bones/ligaments on the inner side of my knee moving around when I do full squats, like butt to the ground. It feels like its getting better, but am not sure because of the popping thats happening. If I jump in my bed, I am careful to not torque my leg too much because that's when I feel the most discomfort.

I look online to see if my symptoms match up with anything, but am not finding much. I think if it was a serious injury, I wouldn't be able to bend/extend my leg or lift weights with my legs. I think I could run on it if I wanted, but don't want to reinjure it.

The popping is my primary concern. I think there's still a little swelling. My knees look the same in the mirror. What do you think?

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