Lateral Release? Good Idea? My 19 year old very athletic daughter has had 2 dislocations of her left knee in the last year. The first very serious, during a gymnatics tumbling pass, the second popped back in on it's own but all she was doing was stepping off a tumbling matt coaching gymnastics. After 3 months of intense physical therapy, two different OS have said she has serious mal-tracking and needs a Lateral release as well as a medial plication. We are nervous, and not sure what to do, can anyone share similar stores? Any successes? As it is she is 19 and can no longer do gymnastics, surf, play volleyball, run or jump... Thank-you Michelle Bowman mjanbowman@aol.com From: Michelle Bowman - mjanbowman@aol.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 Nov. 22 201 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