Osgood-Schlatter disease is a condition where the patellar tendon of the knee has been pulled from the tibia. This disease usually happens in males during adolescence. Most often than not, this condition occurs from a repetitive stress placed on the tendon, such as running or jumping. However, this disease can also occur from rapid growth.
Symptoms include pain, especially when exercising, limping, sensitive to touch, swelling, and sometimes avulsion fractures of the tibia. Most of the time this disease will heal itself, but sometimes further treatment is needed. Rest, ice, elevation, anti-inflammatory medications, stretching the quadriceps muscles slowly, stabilizing the knee by a brace, and surgery to re-attach the tendon are possible treatments.
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