Growing Pains

Are you 14 and limping first thing in your morning? Does your 13-year-old son constantly complain of knee pain? If you answered yes, then you’re in luck, we have answers for you!

Did you know that adolescents are predisposed to different injuries than adults? Did you know that a particular mechanism of injury may result in a different pathological condition in an adolescent athlete compared with a mature athlete? Many biological and physiological factors occur during adolescence that affect bone, cartilage and muscle, all of which play important roles in contributing to injury during adolescence.