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I took my son to physiotherapist yesterday after about six weeks of increasing knee pain (which started after a basketball game).
She has advised that his outside leg muscle is stronger than his inside leg muscle and to rest. Appears his kneecap is not sitting central on his knee because of this. Luckily we have just finished the year for gymnastics and do not start again until school goes back in late January/early February. Lots of rest and physiotherapy in the meantime.
He has had a big growth spurt in the last couple of months of about an inch or more and has started to fill out in his upper body. It does sound a bit like Osgood-Schlatters given the growth spurt and Physio also suggested growth spurt may be involved. He is very tender under the kneecap where patellar tendon joins the Tibial bone. I was wondering if other coaches have had exeriences of Osgood-Schlatters in their gymnasts or in their own children? How has this effected training?
I am however concerned that as a coach I may need to incorporate more inner leg strength training for our team. We usually do extensive strength training for the first term back at the beginning of the season. Any ideas on strength drills to improve strength of inner leg?
She has advised that his outside leg muscle is stronger than his inside leg muscle and to rest. Appears his kneecap is not sitting central on his knee because of this. Luckily we have just finished the year for gymnastics and do not start again until school goes back in late January/early February. Lots of rest and physiotherapy in the meantime.
He has had a big growth spurt in the last couple of months of about an inch or more and has started to fill out in his upper body. It does sound a bit like Osgood-Schlatters given the growth spurt and Physio also suggested growth spurt may be involved. He is very tender under the kneecap where patellar tendon joins the Tibial bone. I was wondering if other coaches have had exeriences of Osgood-Schlatters in their gymnasts or in their own children? How has this effected training?
I am however concerned that as a coach I may need to incorporate more inner leg strength training for our team. We usually do extensive strength training for the first term back at the beginning of the season. Any ideas on strength drills to improve strength of inner leg?