Lucy visits the physical therapist about knee pain.

“"My knee pain gets worse when I do more. " Lucy explained, her voice tight with frustration. "It's a sharp, aching pain right on the inside of my knee. It feels stiff and creaky, like I'm an old tin man. Even driving here, every time I'd hit the gas or the brake, I'd get that same ache."

"And on the court, it's affecting everything," she continued, her hands gesturing to her knee. "When I'm warming up, the first few side shuffles are killer. It feels like my knee is on fire. I try to push through it, but I can't get my mind off the pain. I'm worried it's messing up my game because I'm not moving like myself.”

The physical therapist asks a few more questions. Lucy’s knee pain is not waking her up. Lucy has not noticed any swelling of bruising, and nothing specific happened 3 months ago when this all began.