Knee pain in growing kids and teens is common. Some of the most common conditions are linked below.
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a common cause of knee pain in growing adolescents. It is an inflammation of the area just below the knee where the tendon from the kneecap (patellar tendon) attaches to the shinbone (tibia). Learn more from Nemours.
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFP syndrome) is pain in and around the kneecap (patella). PFP syndrome is also called "runner's knee." Learn more from Nemours.
MCL tears are less common in adolescents. Learn more from Nemours.
ACL tears involve twisting of the knee. Learn more from Nemours.
Dislocated kneecap information is here.
