Osgood-Schlatter Disease | Osgood-Schlatter disease

SkipNavigationImportantUpdates:RecallonPhilipsRespironicsmedicaldevices|COVID-19vaccinationsPhilipsRespironicsissuedarecallforsomeCPAPandBiLevelPAPdevicesandmechanicalventilators.Learnmore. COVID-19:Wearevaccinatingpatientsages12+.Learnmore:Vaccines&3rdDoses|Testing|PatientCare|VisitorGuidelines|Coronavirus|Self-Checker|EmailAlertsHealthHomeConditionsandDiseasesOsgood-SchlatterDiseaseFacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintSportsInjuriesKneeSurgeryKneeInjuriesSportsInjuriesWhatYouNeedtoKnowOsgood-Schlatterdiseaseisacommoncauseofkneepaininyoungchildrenandadolescentswhoarestillgrowing.MostchildrenwilldevelopOsgood-Schlatterdiseaseinonekneeonly,butsomewilldevelopitinboth.AthleticyoungpeoplearemostcommonlyaffectedbyOsgood-Schlatterdisease—particularlyboysbetweentheagesof10and15whoplaygamesorsportsthatincludefrequentrunningandjumping.TreatmentforOsgood-Schlatterdiseaseincludesreducingtheactivitythatmakesitworse,icingthepainfularea,usingkneepadsorapatellartendonstrap,andanti-inflammatorymedication.SurgeryisrarelyusedtotreatOsgood-Schlatterdisease.WhatisOsgood-Schlatterdisease?Osgood-Schlatterdiseaseisaconditionthatcausespainandswellingbelowthekneejoint,wherethepatellartendonattachestothetopoftheshinbone(tibia),aspotcalledthetibialtuberosity.Theremayalsobeinflammationofthepatellartendon,whichstretchesoverthekneecap.Osgood-Schlatterdiseaseismostcommonlyfoundinyoungathleteswhoplaysportsthatrequirealotofjumpingand/orrunning.WhatcausesOsgood-Schlatterdisease?Osgood-Schlatterdiseaseiscausedbyirritationofthebonegrowthplate.Bonesdonotgrowinthemiddle,butattheendsnearthejoint,inanareacalledthegrowthplate.Whileachildisstillgrowing,theseareasofgrowtharemadeofcartilageinsteadofbone.Thecartilageisneverasstrongasthebone,sohighlevelsofstresscancausethegrowthplatetobegintohurtandswell.Thetendonfromthekneecap(patella)attachesdowntothegrowthplateinthefrontofthelegbone(tibia).Thethighmuscles(quadriceps)attachtothepatella,andwhentheypullonthepatella,thisputstensiononthepatellartendon.Thepatellar


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