“How do I get rid of knee joint pain?”

Jumping pain in a 17-year-old is commonly knee cap pain or tendon pain. Neither require surgery the vast majority of time. Ask your athletic trainer about a rehab program and brace.

Traditionally basketball injuries associated with jumping have to do with a tendon injury. You can try bracing, and physical therapy is very important. If the pain continues to get worse, then sometimes an MRI is important to rule out any significant injuries. Regenerative medicine Injections can be helpful.

You need an evaluation and an x-ray. More than likely a course of physical therapy and anti-inflammatories could help. This needs to be evaluated

Good Afternoon,
Knee pain in a young adult can be caused from several different things. Most common in a young basketball player is patellar tendonitis which will give you knee pain below your knee cap but in the front of your knee. In that situation you rest your knee for a period of time and then perform a targeted rehab program to strengthen your tendon. It often times can be a muscular imbalance between a tight hamstring and/ or tight quadriceps. Resting, anti inflammatories and a targeted stretching and strengthening program usually takes care of these issues.

It is important that you are seen by an orthopedic surgeon if the above doesn't help. Even though the most common cause of this knee pain is a tendonitis, or muscular strain/sprain it can also be caused by cartilage damage which needs to be evaluated.

Hope this helps!

Conservative treatments with therapy and laser treatment will help. If not, he needs an MRI.

At 17 your knees should not hurt from basketball practice, running or jumping. However if you are not landing appropriately, it could affect many tissues and result in some discomfort. I would recommend a consultation with a local PT to look specifically at your techniques. Have a blessed day and Good luck