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I do hero’s pose for 5 minutes in the morning when I roll out of bed, and at evening to keep my knee pain to a minimum.  You know your body best, so a couple of modifications that can help:  closed knee child’s pose, sitting with a towel between your heels and glutes, or  using your hands to bear some of your weight.  I sit in toe pose for 2 minutes after to counter the stretch on my ankles.  The other one that helps my personal knee pain is sitting in a yogi squat, again work-up to 5 minutes.  Nose breathe to help release all the muscles around your knee joint, and help you get through the discomfort of the poses.

I had my oldest daughter, a former D1 athlete (wow just realized she graduated 4 years ago) do this over the last 3 weeks and the tweak is gone from her knee.

If you think these stretching exercises may help you, give them a try twice daily for 2-3 weeks.  Scan your body if you do, you know yourself best.  Whatever you do I hope the niggle goes away.

I just started the strength training phase of the 24 week plan.  Hope your training is going well Ryan.

Note I am a yoga practitioner and instructor, not a medical professional.  Just offering up what works for my knees.