Osgood-Schlatter disease - Page 2

gymfreak4ever · #11 07-13-2008, 05:08 PM

Drowning123gone-
im a righty and having problems with my left so its just like your lefty right side. Last year I had it mostly in my right leg though so now its in both!

MadKate-
I've always been the same way! My right leg took all the poundings. Hyper extended my knee a few times, fractured ankle, crushed ankle, osgood schlatter in that leg to, and a hyper extended elbow on a cartwheel(how embarrassingXD, so I tell people it was on a double back lol)

Gym mum UK-
One of my gymnast friends had to get surgery on her osgood when her patella moved. My mom is considering taking me to a Physio now that we heard it has a possibilty to help. What I do on days I can't tumble or vault is just hang out on the tumble trak, that way I still get to practice everything but without the pounding.

Thanks Everyone

eeyoretumbles · #12 07-14-2008, 07:34 PM

Hey I know how you feel! It was just unbearable some days, and I took a year off. To be honest, that didn't help much. Make sure to ice before and after every practice, that seemed to help a lot. Make sure when you are practicing to use your core muscles, its hard to explain, maybe look it up on google, but an easy way to describe it is like a ribbon on your tailbone and its being pulled up. During practice I use bands, that my doctor gave me, and those helpp A LOT. tip, if you do use those, only adjust them once when you put them off and don't take them off until after practice. I have learned that if you take them off during practice, and then put them on again, it doesn't seem to help as much. There are also drills like having a stretchy band, and if tie it in a knot so its in an oval, put that just above your knees, and do walks around the house. So you are in a squatting positioning, and stepping side my side. Also stretches pulling your knees [ descriptive information online] and types of lunges [spelling]. best of luck!

eeyoretumbles · #13 07-14-2008, 07:35 PM

Also, my knees used to look horrible. But not they have gone down a lot, and when I'm done growing they should almost be gone :]

gymfreak4ever · #14 07-14-2008, 08:26 PM

eeyoretumbles-
Somedays I walk out of the gym crying cause my knees hurt so bad. I took a few months off because of a different injury even though I still had OS but as you said it didn't really help. I never thought of icing before practice, I usually do after unless I forget since my moms work schedule is crazy so I always have to go to a friends house before and after practice, I wake up earlier in the summer than in the school year because of gymnastics! I am pretty sure i'm going to the doctor about my knees soon but we never remember to make an appointment.
Thanks

Gym mum UK · #15 07-14-2008, 08:43 PM

My daughter has just started a course of capsules called Oscon which claim that we should see a difference in about 2 weeks - I will keep you posted!

You can look on this website: osgood-schlatter, safe, effective treatment

Gym mum UK · #16 08-01-2008, 12:33 AM

Well, it has been about 2 weeks on these capsules and suddenly she remarked yesterday that her knees are not sore anymore!!!!!

She has been doing additional training during the summer holidays too, and has been doing lots of tumbling and vault (which are the main culprits for causing the situation to inflame in the tendons).

I will let you have another update in about 2 weeks.

gymfreak4ever · #17 08-01-2008, 12:37 PM

Wow! Im going to have to try those capsules.
My knees are getting a little better probably cause I just stopped growing(which made my legs shoot up not my torso!)

Gym mum UK · #18 08-01-2008, 01:22 PM

Hiya Gymfreak4ever:

I will keep you posted about any changes in her condition.

cmc · #19 08-24-2008, 09:09 AM

There is an herbal remedy called Oscon, if you google osgood schlatters the web page will come up, you can order off line, this also works well for severs disesase, hope it works!

greyhoundrescue · #20 08-25-2008, 07:25 PM

One of my cousins had this growing up and had to quit ballet because of it (she could not go en pointe). But, she went to physical therapy and was actually directed to try pilates (the appartus kind) which helped significantly. Pilates is far more common nowadays than it was in the late 80's/early 90's, so you might want to give that a try.