My 11 year old daughter s knee hurts when she puts weight on it or when she dances. She says it is sharp and aching when she moves it. She says it feels like the knee cap is popping out. When she doesn t use the knee, it is fine. What could be wrong?
A lot. In the short run aches and pains can be treated by rest, ice, appropriate aspirin like Chat Doctor. BUT there are overuse injuries in growing people that are more complex, serious, and trickier to judge than for people who's bones/tendon/joints are all where they are supposed to wind up. If rest doesn't clear up an injury in a growing person in a few days (which it nearly always does) then evaluation by an orthopedic trained with child