Inflammation of the bone and cartilage of the shin bone, just below the knee.
A common knee disorder in teenage boys, results from the chronic avulsion of the tibial tubercle, a bony prominence on the tibia. Symptoms include knee pain with range of motion, especially against resistance. Knee pain is often worse after prolonged physical activity.
Growing pain” at the knee, a temporary condition creating a patellar tendonitis due to the growth of the bones being faster than the muscles.
One of the most common causes of knee pain in young athletes. It causes swelling, pain and tenderness just below the knee, at the top of the shin bone (tibia). It occurs mostly in boys who are having a growth spurt. One or both knees may be affected.
A painful enlargement and inflammation of the area of the shinbone just below the knee, usually occurring in adolescent boys.
"Growing pain" at the knee, a temporary condition affecting adolescents who exercise vigorously. The powerful quadriceps muscles of the thigh attach to the tibia at a growth zone, a relatively vulnerable area of bone. Pain, tenderness and swelling occur at this point with repeated stress.
An overuse condition or injury of the knee that causes pain and swelling below the knee area.
Osgood-Schlatter disease (also known as tibial tubercle traumatic apophysitis) is an inflammation of the growth plate at the tibial tuberosity. It is one of a group of conditions called Osteochondritis.