Anonymous wrote:DD has Osgood-Schlatters in their knee and hasn't played or practiced in over three months. When she does some exercises she sometimes reports the pain returns and it's back to the ice.
We're not entirely sure how to proceed. We've been told you can't really make it worse by playing, but by the same token I don't want her in pain.
Anyone been through this? Tryouts are a coming up in two months but at this rate I don't think she'll be at her best and may have to sit out a season or so. Or should they just learn to play with the pain a bit?
Anonymous wrote:Hey!
Hope its sorted itself out by now. If I can be any help at all, I'm a Physio whose put some time into trying to understand the root cause of most injuries and, if you're interested I've put together some thoughts on Osgood Schlatters.
I've had it myself and from what I'm finding clinically there's potentially a really important link to mid-low back dysfunction.
I'd be very interested to know how they relate..
Either way, hope its on the mend.??
http://yourwellnessnerd.com/osgood-schlatter-disease/
Anonymous wrote:If you aren't already seeing PT, that can sometimes help. Thing like tight hamstrings can change or exacerbate the stresses on the knee.
The patellar tendon strap can e a godsend.
Anonymous wrote:Does she wear the knee brace?
We just started dealing with this with our 13-year old son.
Our neighbor’s son took a full 3 weeks off and he was better.
I read that you really can’t do damage playing on it, but that it can be extremely painful.
They will grow out of it.
I feel your pain. This stuff always happens at tryout time for us. 3 years ago he cracked a growth plate in his ankle and had a cast for 3 weeks right before tryouts, now this Osgood started right before Spring tryouts.