Osgood Schlatter's Disease

Osgood Schlatter's Disease

Have you ever experienced pain just below your knee? Are you a teenager or an athletic engaging in vigorous

running or jumping? If so, there is a chance that you have been diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter's Disease (OSD).

Some symptoms of OSD includes:
1) Experiencing pain or swelling just below the kneecap (at the tibia tubercle).

2) Pain during climbing of stairs

3) Pain when standing up or siting down

4) Pain at the onset of running

Valuable research have shown that there are two types of people who get OSD.

1) Teenagers who are affected by growth spurts

2) Teenagers with weak quadriceps

Of course, both factors could be in play.

In the first category, the tibial tubercle has not fused with the tibial yet leading to pain and swelling.

In the second category, the weak quadriceps cause the pressure exerted to be transferred to the patella tendon. This is turn causes the tibial tubercle displacement.

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