How to manage and treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?

Thank you for expressing your concern about the knee pain you are experiencing. Needless to say, you are not alone and I see many young men in your situation at the Sports Clinic. As Dr Sean mentions there can be several causes for knee pain and “runner’s knee” is a broad term for pain at the front of your knee. Important things to consider are 1. Swelling to the knee 2. Locking symptoms 3. Instability or giving way 4. Difficulty with stairs If there are any of these symptoms, there might be something more significant going on.

The aches and pain in your hand may not be entirely due to just "overuse". Arthritis means inflammation in the joints, typically we classified into 4 categories: 1. "Normal" wear and tear/ Aging (For e. g Osteoarthritis, Spondylosis) - these happens in every person, when you age, there will be more wear and tear, althought not everyone will have pain. It is very similar to a car, when the mileage hits a certain number, there is bound to be some wear and tear in the tyres. 2.