Knee pain in teenagers

What do you associate youth with? Most likely with health and inexhaustible energy. But even the young are not spared the disease, and adolescents can feel, for example, pain in the knees. Why? Do parents need to sound the alarm right away? What to do when a pain symptom occurs?

It's no secret that the knee joint experiences the most stress while walking, running or jumping, as it supports the weight of the entire body every day. So, when the body of a teenager is formed, blood circulation can be disturbed if the growth of blood vessels occurs faster than the development of bones. It can cause pain after strenuous exercise, especially at night. But, as a rule, by the age of 18-20, when the skeleton is fully formed, the pain decreases or disappears.

Another cause of pain in the knees can be the usual overstrain of muscles and ligaments, caused not only by excessive loads, but also by a long stay of the body in one position. The pain goes away with a change in posture or after rest.

But if the pain does not go away for a long time, you should pay attention to it.

The reason for this may be:
- congenital anatomical disorders of the knee joint;
- injuries that led to mechanical damage to the joint.

There are such types of diseases of the knee joint in adolescents:
- inflammatory (synovitis, bursitis, tendinitis, arthritis);
- dystrophic (osteoarthritis, Koenig's disease);
- purulent-necrotic (bone tuberculosis, osteomyelitis).

If a teenager experiences intense pain for a long time, accompanied by swelling of the knee, redness, deformity, blockage or hypermobility of the joint, you should immediately consult a doctor. In the ORC "Marusich" you can undergo an examination, get a consultation from a qualified orthopedic doctor who will make a diagnosis and prescribe the optimal treatment.

Conducts examinations and consults the traumatologist-orthopedist of the rehabilitation center "Marusich" Buzovera Anna Nikolaevna.

Even the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said: “Movement is life, and life is movement!” Let your child fully enjoy life without pain by contacting our center for help in time.

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