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Conditions that cause knee pain. 1  Tendonitis. 2  This is an overuse injury causing swelling of the tendons, the bands of tissue that connect your bones and muscles. 3  This is sometimes called 'jumper's knee' as it is common in sports involving jumping, such as basketball.4  Bone chips. This is an overuse injury causing swelling of the tendons, the bands of tissue that connect your bones and muscles. 2  This is sometimes called 'jumper's knee' as it is common in sports involving jumping, such as basketball. 3  Bone chips. 4  Sometimes, a knee injury can break off fragments from the bone or cartilage.
Therefore, because the knee is basically the midpoint of the lower leg, the sciatic nerve runs behind the knee and any sciatic trauma may potentially affect an individualâs knee and cause moderate to extreme pain.