Osgood-Schlatter disease

[BryceC]

My middle kid is experiencing this right now and it’s incredibly painful for him. Anybody have experience with this? And good treatments or anything for this?

I feel like we’ve tried a bunch of stuff with almost no impact. He’s a great athlete which has nothing to do with my genetics but it’s bad enough I could see him not continuing with sports which would be a shame.

 

[CoachHines3]

My middle kid is experiencing this right now and it’s incredibly painful for him. Anybody have experience with this? And good treatments or anything for this?

I feel like we’ve tried a bunch of stuff with almost no impact. He’s a great athlete which has nothing to do with my genetics but it’s bad enough I could see him not continuing with sports which would be a shame.

i had it and grew out of it

 

[ISU22CY]

My middle kid is experiencing this right now and it’s incredibly painful for him. Anybody have experience with this? And good treatments or anything for this?

I feel like we’ve tried a bunch of stuff with almost no impact. He’s a great athlete which has nothing to do with my genetics but it’s bad enough I could see him not continuing with sports which would be a shame.

Had it bad. I also had the worst growing pains in my shins/lower legs (which for as bad as they were you would think I would have been a bigger person LOL). Terrible terrible. Like up at nights crying from pain. Grew out of it. Honestly playing sports didn't make any difference as I had it during sports season and between sports seasons.

 

[CtownCyclone]

I had it, used the knee strap for a while. Also would get bursitis coming out of swim season and starting track. I think that was due to being in great cardio shape but not having my legs in running shape.

 

[cymac2408]

Son had it and grew out of it within the year.

 

[cdnlngld]

Had it here. It was VERY painfull for me. Especialy if I hit the bone on something. I found some relief with the knee brace. Now this was 30 some years ago, but my brace had a very thick pading that covered the knob which gave it some extra protection, but it looks like the braces have changed a lot with some of them looking similar to what I had. You eventually grow out of it. I still have a bit of a bulge on my left knee, but it is no longer near as sensitive. Good luck and hope it disapates quicly for your child.

 

[Cyientist]

I had it, used the knee strap for a while. Also would get bursitis coming out of swim season and starting track. I think that was due to being in great cardio shape but not having my legs in running shape.

Sorry to hear that. I was just reading about training middle schoolers for track since my oldest is in love with running. One of the first things the author brought up was how kids often will have the engine humming (cardio) but not the chassis to support it. He actually called out swimming leading to this. He wasn't anti-swimming, just making people aware.

 

[frackincygy]

Brother had it in early high school and grew out of it in about a year. He also grew 8" and gained ~80 lbs in that time - too bad the idiot football coaches running the program at the time were convinced he was "feigning" injury and he never suited up again.

 

[spk123]

Same as others have said, I just eventually grew out of it. That said, it probably wouldn't hurt getting an appointment with a physical therapist to see if there are any exercises/other treatments that could help.

 

[JimDogRock]

I had it, used the knee strap for a while. Also would get bursitis coming out of swim season and starting track. I think that was due to being in great cardio shape but not having my legs in running shape.

This was the case for me as well.
After growing quickly in middle school my knees were hurting a lot until I got stronger. Specifically the quadriceps.

 

[CascadeClone]

I had it as a teen, caused problems in basketball. Did some knee strengthening exercises, which didn't seem to do much - but there isn't much to be done really.

Unfortunately, I now (age 50+) have a big bone nugget buried inside my patellar tendon. Surgery isn't really an option but makes it dicey to kneel. Otherwise it isn't a huge deal, just knee is not and will never be 100% functional.

 

[DSMCy]

Similar experience as others. Had this really bad in my left knee, seems like not as back in my right but this was quite a while ago. Really painful though.

Middle school football coach didn't believe me when I wanted to sit out a practice, and I think he made me miss a game or 2 as "punishment" lol
Don't remember how long it took but I outgrew it too and had no issues playing sports in high school

I didn't wear a brace or do anything for it. I don't even remember taking ibuprofen or anything either, but I might have.

 

[wxman1]

Had a mild to moderate case of it as well, grew out of it. If I remember correctly I did some PT on it. To this day I struggle with tight edging on painful at times leg muscles.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I had killer leg aches as a kid, especially in the period where I went from 5'2" to 6'2" in the span of a year and a half. There wasn't a lot that helped that other than wrapping my legs in blankets and towels as the heat seemed to help.

 

[cycub51]

Single leg squats with the heel raised to help with quad strength. Ultrasound and a graston type treatment of the quad and patellar tendon also usually help. Wear a brace during activity. It’s painful but not harmful long term 99% of the time. It’s mostly pain management to allow continued activity.

 

[Saul_T]

My middle kid is experiencing this right now and it’s incredibly painful for him. Anybody have experience with this? And good treatments or anything for this?

I feel like we’ve tried a bunch of stuff with almost no impact. He’s a great athlete which has nothing to do with my genetics but it’s bad enough I could see him not continuing with sports which would be a shame.

A strap and a kneepad if it's super sensitive. I had a family member who had it pretty bad, barely slipped and bonked their knee. They were paralyzed with pain. Beyond that, I have no idea about treatments.

 

[Tojo1311]

I had it really bad starting in 6th grade and into early high school in both knees. I eventually grew out of it around the end of my sophomore year.

It was bad enough that if I was playing in a tournament I might have been able to play the first game, sit out with rest and ice the second game, then try to play through pain in the final game of the weekend. This along with missing practice and games regularly due to the pain and stiffness.

Some of the best things I found to help was the following.

Always wearing patellar tendon knee braces when doing sports or activities.

Completing extra leg stretching exercises before and after activity. Mostly quad and hamstring stretching.

Using the gel heat/ice packs before and after activity. I would heat up the gel packs before to help loosen the knee muscles and then ice my knees after. It was kinda a pain but helped a lot.

 

[GMackey32]

Had it bad growing up. Ice the knees after practice/games. Ibuprofen if they are really uncomfortable. Eventually it stops hurting.

 

[Rabbuk]

Icy hot and I did a lot of my conditioning running on grass when I could rather than terrible h.s. track

 

[cyfan21]

https://a.co/d/5lNKPy6

I don't know if the link works, but if it doesn't what you are looking for is a chopat strap.