OK, I looked it up, and patella femoral syndrome is just patellar tendonitis is justy early chondromalacia patella- which I have. Tight iliobiotal bands are a whole 'nother deal, in fact the description at the above link has nothing that really even overlaps with major patella trouble. I mean grind your knee apart trouble, not just hurts like a bastard trouble. Unfortunately most orthopods are morons so I'm not surprised that you got the wrong diagnoses penny. (my knee surgeon is the president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and HE thinks most orthopods are pretty dumb).
The moral here is that people don't stretch properly to start with, don't crosstrain in a balanced way, don't take care of themselves.Yoga and Pilates mat work are fabulous for not allowing a lot of weird injuries to ever happen in the first place but how many cyclists do this stuff? How many people period? It goes back to the crappy excuse for phys ed we get in school.

Miss Liz