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[quote=Anonymous][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]

This sounds exactly like my son’s situation. Knees, hip flexor, groin all a result of rapid growth period.

Only 1 other kid in his team had anything close and he was always like “why me?”.  He has come out of it stronger, better and bigger.  His game, skill and shot  strength have improved immensely.  And leg growth has him out pacing the previously larger players.[/quote]

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