I was speaking with an avid runner the other day who was sitting out a race because of an injured knee. He was sure that the injury was a recurrence from a knee operation 1 year prior. Understandably he was pretty discouraged that less than 1 year out, the issue had already returned. I performed an informal assessment of his knee to see if I could provide any insight. What I found was a source of pain that was NOT a recurrence of his surgical injury, but apparently an issue w