Osgood Schlatter – not easy to pronounce 😂
🤔Apophysitis of tibial tuberosity
👉🏼Common in adolescents 8-14 years
👉🏼Boys> Girls
❓Rapid growth , sports , injuries
👉🏼Pain , swelling , in one knee or both (30%)
😩 Pain ⬆️ Running. , jumping , kneeling , sports -football etc
😊 Better with rest, anti inflammatory gels or medications ( if allowed) , brace/ tape , education, pacing
🧐 Physical exam can diagnose if no other symptoms
🩺 Treatment –
🧊ice 2-3 /day
🙆 Stretching tight quadriceps
🏋️♀️ Strengthening exercises for quadriceps
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/osgood-schlatter-disease
Gets better in 1-2 years once the growth plate is ossified
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