top of page

Understanding Your Child's Condition

Below you'll find clear, parent-friendly information on the conditions I most commonly treat. Each section explains what the condition is, how it's diagnosed, and the treatment options available. Click on any condition to read more.

This information is for general guidance only and is not a substitute for a consultation. Every child is different, and a proper assessment is essential before any diagnosis or treatment. If you are worried about your child, please seek medical advice.

Blounts disease

A growth disorder causing progressive bow legs that, unlike normal bowing, needs treatment.

CHild with bow legs

Osgood Schlatters disease

A common cause of knee pain in active, growing children that settles once growth is complete.

Teenagers knee

Osteoid Osteoma

A small benign bone tumour causing characteristic night pain, eased by anti-inflammatories.

Knee X-ray

Simple Bone Cyst (Unicameral)

A benign fluid-filled cavity in the bone, most often found after a minor fracture.

Child having steroid injection

Hereditary multiple exostosis

A genetic condition causing multiple benign bony growths that needs lifelong specialist monitoring.

Childs knee

Curly Toes

A common, usually painless toe condition present from birth that often improves on its own.

Child's toes

Tip toe walking

Walking on the toes, common in toddlers and usually harmless, but worth checking if it persists.

Child on tip-toe

Deformity correction

Your child's leg is bent due to previous injury or infection or from birth

bow legs

Knee Osteochondral injury

Direct impact to the knee can cause damage to the lining cartilage and bone underneath

knee of a child

Patellofemoral disorders

When the kneecap slips out of its groove, common in active adolescents and often treatable with physiotherapy.

Childs knee

Genu valgum (Knock knees)

Inward-angling knees — a normal stage in young children that occasionally needs assessment.

knock knees

Hoffa's fat pad impingement in the knee

Irritation of a sensitive cushion of tissue at the front of the knee, usually settling without surgery.

Teeanger gymnast knee

Aneurysmal Bone cyst

A benign bone lesion with higher recurrence rate that needs specialist assessment and treatment.

Child holding the knee

Multiple enchondromatosis (Ollier's disease)

A rare condition causing multiple benign cartilage tumours within the bones, needing ongoing review.

Child's hand

Hammer toe

A toe that bends abnormally at the middle joint, sometimes needing treatment if painful.

Childs toes

Intoeing/Miserable malalignment syndrome

A rotational alignment of the legs that turns kneecaps inward and can cause adolescent knee pain.

intoeing

Leg length discrepancy

A difference in leg length that can be monitored and, if needed, corrected as a child grows.

Child with leg length difference

Musculoskeletal trauma/fractures

Your child has sustained a broken bone and you need more information about it

Child with a fracture

Meniscal injuries

Tears of the knee's cartilage cushions, where preserving the meniscus is the priority in children.

child playing sports

Upper limb disorders

Broad spectrum of disorders affecting your child's upper limb

Child's hand
bottom of page