Hi people,

Seeking for your experiences on how to recover from knee and ankle injury from running. I know that I have to rest these joints, but it feels like it's taking too long to recover I feel bit scared.

Bit of background, I'm just half or 1kg overweight mid 30s. I run for health, no serious target or anything. Usually 30 minutes in the evening every 2-3 days while waiting for evening rush traffic to clear. Started this habit feb this year.
I might have pushed it bit too much for me when I try to run with faster pace last month. It has been like 3 weeks now with this pain.
It wasn't that painful in the beginning - just dull pain in front of knee and upper knee when I really strain it, so I try casual walk around taman, to my surprise it became worse lol. Now my left ankle is all stiffed up. 

And what other exercise I can do in the evening that doesn't involve walking?

This was actually my topic for masters. While curcumin is good for the joints - mediated by its anti inflammatory effects, oral route is the least effective way to get its benefit. The amount you have to consume is comically not feasible.
10 years ago I run daily and hurt upper ankle area due to the stress. After that I took caution not to push myself too far.

This recent injury is a cumulation of my bad mistakes of thinking that the injury was not so bad. Right now I walk 4km daily to office, that doesnt help with recovery too.

Also I might push myself too hard. Only run 2km before this, I doubled that to 4km probably too fast.

try to take glucosamine tablets as supplement