Ryan Lopez vs. Elijah Walker
Who: Ryan Lopez
What: Runner’s Knee
When: 2012
Where: Montebello High School
How: “I was a hurdler and I fell and I never sat out so I just had pain in my knee from that point on.”
Time Missed: 8 or 9 months
Trainer’s Comments: “That doesn’t sound like runner’s knee to me. Because runner’s knee is patellar tendonitis. Like did he fall and bruise tissue or cartilage.”
Who: Elijah Walker
What: Runner’s Knee
When: 2015
Where: Long Beach Cabrillo
How: “It started from a MCL sprain, I was trying to recover from it but I started running too early and it never fully recovered.”
Time Missed: Still feels pain to this day.
Trainer’s Comments: “There is no time frame for the recovery of runner’s knee.”
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