subject: My Child Has Been Diagnosed With Osgood Schlatters. Now What? [print this page] Osgood-Schlatters Disease is a painful conditional which affects children and adolescents. It can however continue into adulthood. It usually strike during a growth spurt and affects millions of active children every year.
The presenting symptom is typically intense knee pain. It usually occurs everyday during sporting activities such as running and jumping and also going up and down stairs. Pain is mild and intermittent initially. In the acute phase the pain is severe and continuous in nature. Impact of the affected area can be very painful.
It is usually simple to tell if you child has Osgood Schlatters. Firstly the child be aged between nine and sixteen and going through a growth spurt. The child will be active, maybe playing sports on a regular basis. The final indicator is a painful lump at the top of the shin bone at the front of the knee. It is usually sore when touched. It normally affects boys more than girls.
There are a variety of treatments available to sufferers. It is important to cover what will happen if you do nothing.
The present treatment advice is to treat the symptoms of Osgood Schlatters Disease. Rest, Ice, Compression to reduce the pain and swelling, anti-inflammatory medication and modification of sporting activities.
The condition will return when the child resumes sports. When Osgood Schlatters returns the lump can increase in size and the soft cartilage starts to change into bone making the knee lump permanent. This will have future implications as over half of patients with these lumps will have pain whenever they kneel down for the rest of their lives.
A number of chronic sufferers may need to have bony splinters surgically removed from the front of their knees. Eventually painful symptoms suffered with activity will go as they finish their growth spurt. So if you do nothing it will finally go in two to three years.
There are a variety of treatments available to buy online. Be careful. Some treatments consist of a knee rub ointment which will have the same effect as a good moisturiser. Health drinks are available and sold as Osgood Schlatter treatments which are in essence just drinks containing vitamins.
A good treatment will have a name and this ought to be detailed in Wikipedia. Wikipedia articles are regulated and details checked. That is why any so called treatment of the condition, of any condition, must give sources of medical and scientific data. Otherwise it will be deleted and the contributor struck off for what they refer to as vandalism of the website.
The Strickland Protocol is available online from a world-leading physiotherapist. The child can become pain free and cured of Osgood Schlatter Disease within 3 weeks. However the child must completely refrain from all sporting activities and the protocol must be strictly followed. This consists of several minutes of home treatment each day.
Always check the person behind the treatment. The Strickland Protocol was developed by Jenny Strickland. Jenny will this year lead the physio team for the equestrian section at The London Olympics 2012.
