Question: Today at work I bent over to remove a lid and I bent my knees slightly as I've done 100's of times. When I came up and started walking I notice a slight discomforts in my left knee right around my knee cap. This was 8:30 am by lunch time I felt as if when I bent my knee from the sitting position if someone stuck a needle into it. I am able to walk and even run with no pain but bending it or lifting heavy things and walking causes the sharp pain. I do have minor swelling. I heard no pop or anything. Also lifting it from a seat position causes pain.

Also note that I went running about three hours after initial pain and I had really no issues running. When I do a lunge type movement it's painful but not just walking anymore. The pain when it hurts it's more of a needle stuck and neausea feeling in the knee area on the knee cap and down below it and some above it into my thigh feels kinda cramps some. Also taking a picture

I was worried about the area on the images I provided being s meniscus or acl. It's kinda stiff right now but pain is minimal as of tonight