Jul10th 2026The Same Knee Pain Means Something Different at 9, 13, and 17
A parent brings in a young athlete with sore knees. The story sounds identical every time — it hurts after practice, it's been going on a few weeks, they don't want to stop playing. But the same complaint, in the same sport, means genuinely different things depending on where that athlete sits in their physical development. The tissues that fail are different. The timelines are different. And the right response is different.
