09 Feb 🥴Is your child complaining of knee pain especially after sports 🤔Wondering if it’s growing pains or something else

The knee alignment in children changes significantly as they grow, following a somewhat predictable pattern from infancy through late childhood into adolescence. Understanding this pattern can help differentiate between normal developmental variations and conditions that may require medical attention.

👶🏻From birth to 18 months, it’s common for babies to have bowed legs. This bowing is a natural consequence of their folded position while in the womb. From18 months to about 2 years, as children grow and begin to walk, the bowing typically decreases. 👧By around age 2 to 2.5 years old, many children’s legs have straightened out. However, the rate of change can vary greatly from one child to another. From 2.5 years old, children’s legs often start to become knocked knees, where the knees come together when standing straight, but the ankles remain apart.🧑 At around 7 to 8 years old, the majority of children will have outgrown the knocked knee stage, and their legs will have a more neutral alignment.

The bowing of the legs to transitioning into knocked knees before straightening, should occur symmetrically, affecting both knees equally. If you noticed that your child’s legs seem unequal or asymmetrical and they are complaining of knee pain in the knee that is more knocked or bowed, it is important to have your child assessed by an Expert Paediatric Physiotherapist.🤓 Having a knee that is more bowed or knocked often leads to uneven weight bearing in the legs and knee pain.

If your child is complaining of knee pain, reach out to My Favourite Physio on 📱(02)9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio today!

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