Consistency and crappy advice

Consistency is key. I just need to keep reminding myself of that. No matter how crappy I may feel, if I keep plodding along I will eventually get better.
This morning was off to a rough start. I woke up around 4 feeling like my knee was locked into a bent position. I reflexively straightened my leg and it felt like my knee broke in half. Now wide awake, I got up and hobbled to the washroom. On my way I stepped on something sharp. Ugh. Then I stepped on it again when I came back into the room. Picking up one of my daughter's headbands that either the dog or the cat dragged into the room I tried to go to back to sleep...until my husband discovered the pen my dog decided to chew and the ink spread all over our beige carpet. Wonderful. Somehow I passed out for another glorious 45 minutes until I had to leave for work. I had hoped to be up by 5 and leave early so I could squeeze out more time for a 9km run today but it looks like I'll need to switch that run for the "easy 4km" on my schedule. As long as I still get out there I can justify the egg/bagel sandwich I just ate ;-)
So the knee continued to throb off and on, with fun twinges of pain thrown in for good measure all morning. I googled it. Yeah, I know. I've had this for a year now and I should be used to the google results, but ya never know when some new breakthrough might emerge! But no. Same old, same old stupid advice. If x hurts when you do y, don't do y anymore. Well, there's rocket science for you! Honestly, hasn't medical science advanced further than this piece of non-comforting advice? I mean, really. I can't just stop bending my knees, that is kind of their JOB, so it's be like telling an asthmatic to just not breathe when they feel short of breath. Sounds completely ridiculous. So I scroll past the stupid advice in search of something better. Something that I can actually try, like some new gel that brings relief or a new type of kinesio tape that will make my knee feel like my "good" knee. None of that. In fact, a lot of the time I don't even see the stuff that actually helps, like using KT tape and ice packs after exercise. Oh well, better luck next flare up.