Osgood Schlatters Question

Our son grew 6 inches in 6 months a few years ago. On the advice of our pediatrician we took him to see an orthopedic surgeon. Our son had/has Osgood Schlatter. The dr told us that our ds had to stop all physical activity, aside from walking to and from the bus stop and around the school. After that period, he was permitted to participate in gym class as long as his knee was feeling ok and had to discontinue all sports for 6 months. Three months after our initial appt. he had a recheck. Because we actually did what the dr. suggested the Osgood Schlatter was healing faster then the dr. said it would. The dr. stated that most kids won't do what he says and they don't heal as nicely as our son. The inflammation was so bad for our son that the lump from the OS was larger than his kneecap...it looked like he had two of them. Its been 2 years and our son is mostly pain free. He uses a knee brace during conditioning for wrestling when he feels pain.

You might want to think about seeing an orthopedic surgeon since this is their specialty. I hope your son feels better soon.

You might consider talking him to a sport medicine dr and having him checked out to be on the safe side.

My cousins had Osgoods. She swam, her sopprt of choice. She grew out of it and has never had problems since. She's 50.

I had it growing up. It was painful but I continued to play basketball. I would wear knee braces and supports while I played and sometimes for days after. I would ice it afterwards and if it was bad enough i would take something. I grew out of it around highschool I think when I quit growing. The doctor also gave me a band to do excercises with to strengthen the lower leg muscles to help regulate the knee cap

My son was diagnosed during football season of his 8th grade year. He had to take a break for a few weeks. We did ice and rest therapy. He was able to continue playing and even wrestling. There were times that it bothered him more than others especially when he had to get in the referee's position and put weight on his knee right where it hurt. They do basically have to grow out of it but because it irritates the ligaments, he really should rest it and use ice and Motrin. Better to do this now than when he is in so much pain that he has to stop!

I certainly don't want to scare you, BUT, did your Dr. just assume that it was Osgood Schlatters? OR was it DIAGNOSED with testing? I had a patient (teenage boy) kept going to Dr. with knee and leg pain, they just blew it off as sports injury for several months, FINALLY, they x-rayed, found a tumor and it was cancer, already had metastasized to his lungs, he was gone in less than a year in spite of all the treatment.
I could tell you more stories of "untested" bad outcomes for children with leg pain that Drs. just "guess" without diagnostic testing.
These days it is not uncommon to find infections in bone without knowing where it started. Pain that is getting worse is not a good sign!!
HAVE IT X-RAYED or MRI to be sure. At least another opinion!!