@RickiTarr 30 years of knee pain due to a badly formed joint meant I tried lots of different things. Distraction was one strategy that worked temporarily - rapid jiggling of my leg was a favourite.

I never had much success with pain killers or typical physio stretches.

In the end, though, it was exercise that brought me relief. I took up running 2 years ago and that has meant I've built up sufficient muscles in my legs to hold everything in place properly, so now I have virtually no pain (in my knee).