WHAT IS JOINT PAIN?

Many children experience joint pain at sometimes in their childhood which may be due to a number of different factors common causes of joint pain include:       

•  Trauma as a result of actual injury e.g muscle strain.

•  Overuse injury

• Pain due to hypermobility or laxity of joints.

• Pain secondary to poor posture.

          Less commonly joint pain may be an indicator of infection or inflammatory condition such as juvenile arthritis or even an indicator of serious illness such as neoplasm.It is therefore important that the symptoms of joint pain are investigated especially if there is no obvious cause to the parent or child.