Lateral Release Regret 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. From: Brenton Bogart - im2much2handle@hotmail.com Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Oct. 25 203 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis