A good starting point might be a specialised running gear shop. Mrs Aston had a gait problem a couple of years ago and was pointed to a good shop. They had a machine to analyse gait and sorted out with a pair of reasonably priced trainers that proved very suitable. Hopefully there will be somewhere local to you that does this.
That aside you are then into sports physios who will cost more but, in my experience, are worth every penny if you get a good one. Compared to the 10 minutes a doctor gives you its refreshing to get half an hour with a sports expert who has the time to analyse the problem and recommend exercises.
You are right to do something early. I ran for a few years on off the shelf trainers and ignored the occasional injury and my knees now are not great. I wish I had taken action twenty years ago.
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