It’s not that stretching your legs before a run is a bad thing – Yale Medicine recommends doing some dynamic stretches before you start to jog, and trying static stretches afterwards – it’s just that when my own knee started to sound like an advert for Rice Krispies, the move didn’t do much.I’m not alone in my aches and pains – just over a quarter (28%) of running injuries come from sore knees.I strained and stretched my joint for hours in a vain attempt to banish the ache. But it’s only in the past year when I’ve stopped relying on stretching to remedy the issue that my knee (and ankle) pain has disappeared.So, I spoke to orthopaedic surgeon Dr Pamela Mehta of Resilience Orthopaedics about what was going on.The secret l