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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watch out for Osgoods at this point. It occurs a bit with sporty boys during their growth spurts. Definitely emphasize stretching exercises during the growth spurt. [/quote]

My U15 son is 6'0" now.  He was growing 3-4 inches at a time (seem like overnight) and developed terrible Osgood Schlatter that kept him out on and off last year.  Physical Theraphy and stretching exercises helped a lot but some days the pain was unbearable for him...[/quote]

Yep.  My son had two years of misery from 11-13.  Started with Osgood.  Then hamstrings, then a hip flexor, then Achilles - and then round the cycle again.  It seemed like he couldn't go two weeks after recovering from one injury before getting another.  Spent well over half of two years in a row sitting on the bench watching his teammates.  I'd never heard of anything like this happening to anyone else - but apparently it's not that uncommon.

Oh and then there was a coach who ordered him to play with a hamstring which hadn't fully recovered.  I wasn't at that game owing to MSKS (multiple soccer kid syndrome).  Result was predictable.  We're not at that club any longer.[/quote]

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