Reply to kids having major growth spurts...

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "kids having major growth spurts..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[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]

What stretches did he do?[/quote]

He followed the routines he learned at physical therapy similar to the videos below. At least 3 times per day, but always first thing in the morning and before bedtime. He took Alive  before practices and games and iced the knees after. Very painful times. The compensation, he's much taller, faster and stronger than a lot of his teammates now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw4K5kYoCiE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3h6ig3tkg[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics