My 14 yr old son is having some really bad knee pain and it seems to be his patella tendon. He had it really bad while playing basketball over the summer. After taking a few weeks off, he transitioned into football and no problems all season. Now, 3-4 weeks into basketball season the pain has returned.
Asked by KDL - 1 answer - 2 years 22 weeks ago
Maybe first try to seek doctors opinion on this. By any stretch I am not a doctor but I had similar problems. I am assuming that the pain is around the knee cap. If so I would urge you to try hamstring stretches, stretching/strengthening exercises for iliotibial band (example link is listed below) and quad stretches. These might alleviate some pain in addition to taking some anti-inflammatories. The pain will not subside overnight but over a period of time it should help.
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Submitted 2 years 20 weeks ago by stefanv