Osgood Schlatter Disease
During your child's adolescent growth spurt, his or her bones grow rapidly.Frequent use and physical stress cause inflammation at the point where the tendon from the kneecap. The pain usually worsens with exercise, jumping, and sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, figure skating, and gymnastics. In some people, both knees are affected. Osgood-Schlatter disease, Osgood-Schlatter disease is an overuse injury of the knee. Frequent use and physical stress cause inflammation at the point where the tendon from the kneecap (called the patella) attaches to the shinbone. Most often only one knee is affected. OSD usually strikes active adolescents around the beginning of their growth spurts, the approximately 2-year period during which they grow most rapidly. Growth spurts can begin any time between the ages of 8 and 13 girls and boys. Osgood-Schlatter disease has been more common in boys, but as more girls participate in sports, this pattern is changing. Having Osgood-Schlatter disease can be frustrating, because your child may need to limit his or her running and jumping activity level for a short time. But Osgood-Schlatter disease is temporary, and as your child's bones finish growing, the pain should go away. Growth spurts make kids vulnerable because their bones, muscles, and tendons are growing quickly and not always at the same time. With exercise, differences in size and strength between the muscle groups place unusual stress on the growth plate at the top of the shinbone.
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