Osgood-Schlatter Disease

[opinions4u]

The offspring has been diagnosed as having the above.

 

He's quite excited to have what appears to be a quite common sporting injury. Slighlty less impressed wthat he's been told not to play football for 3-6 months. At least he can continue with Latics ballboy duties!

 

While I've done the usual work on Google, does anybody else have any first hand experience of this?

 

(Apparently the likes of Gerrard, Schole and Zamora have also enjoyed this).

[Zorrro]

He'll be called Ol' Lumpy Knees in no time.

 

One of my team-mates has it. He's still the quickest player I've ever played with.

[opinions4u]

Also found this Scholes article online for August 2010.

 

Quotes from Alan Hardy and Ronnie Millward (about Scholes, not o4u Jr).

 

 

He'll be called Ol' Lumpy Knees in no time.

Yup. His left knee is particularly lumpy! Never had any pace though.

 

[footy68]

I had it and my eldest has had it. Painful as . I had my leg in plaster to restrict movement of the knee, I wouldn't stop playing sport see. The lad just did as the Doc said and it did as they said. We do both however still have a lump under the knee. I went on to serve in the Armed Forces and he's in now.

Edited September 29, 2010 by Zorrro

[rudemedic]

I had to look this up (I hate eponymous syndromes)- it seems like a growing pains injury to me especially in sporty types. From what I read the majority of patients return to full activity within 2-3 weeks, but I'm guessing if its been diagnosed the doctor concerned has seen it before (I've covered it but I don't think I've seen it) and so is going of past experience.

 

Here's a linky (very reputable site) http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1335164919

 

and another (again reputable) http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Osgood-Sch...27s-Disease.htm

Edited September 27, 2010 by rudemedic

[footy68]

I had to look this up (I hate eponymous syndromes)- it seems like a growing pains injury to me especially in sporty types. From what I read the majority of patients return to full activity within 2-3 weeks, but I'm guessing if its been diagnosed the doctor concerned has seen it before (I've covered it but I don't think I've seen it) and so is going of past experience.

 

Here's a linky (very reputable site) http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1335164919

 

and another (again reputable) http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Osgood-Sch...27s-Disease.htm

 

If only.

[Chaddylad02]

i had it when i was younger - i was told my bones are growing at a faster rate than my muscles were , hence growing pains. i was told no strenous exercise but to keep walking on it and build up the muscles on my knee joints to get them to cope with the strain.

 

hope this helps