Well it's only been about four weeks since sergury and so far I don't like the results. I've heard that only 50% people fully recuver from a lateral release but I've also heard that 70% fully recover. My doctor went into my knee looking for a torn meniscus but found out that it wasn't torn, but he did find out that my knee cap wasn't tracking right and was causing the cartilage behind my knee cap to frey. So he preformed the lateral release and after that he told me that he couldn't promise me that I would be the runner that I used to be and I'm one of the best distance runners in 1A in the state of Kansas. I sometimes feel more pain now than before. So if there is anyone that has had a lateral release and would be willing to e-mail to me how they're doing, good or bad, I would appreciate it.