Osgood Schlatter's Disease

Administration of Painkillers For OSD

2007-09-11T06:38:00.000-07:00

Various types of treatment are able for OSD. One of the method is the prescription of painkillers such as famotide or ponstan. Painkillers have anti-inflammatory properties and aim to cease pain and swelling. For OSD, this aims to decrease the pain at the tibial tubercle.

Types of OSD

2007-09-01T02:01:00.000-07:00

After valuable research, I have realized that there are two types of people who get OSD.

1) Teenagers who are affected by growth spurts

2) Teenagers with weak quadriceps

Of course, both factors could be in play.

In the first category, the tibial tubercle has not fused with the tibial yet leading to pain and swelling.

In the second category, the weak quadriceps cause the pressure exerted to be transferred to the patella tendon. This is turn causes the tibial tubercle displacement.

Osgood Schlatter's Disease -- Knee Pain

2007-08-22T05:27:00.000-07:00

Have you ever experienced pain just below your knee? Are you a teenager or an athletic engaging in vigorous running or jumping? If so, there is a chance that you have been diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter's Disease (OSD). It happens when your quadriceps is weak and thus transmitting stress to your patella (kneecap) tendon. In the process, if your tibial tubercle (the region below your kneecap) becomes swollen or inflamed; then you have contracted Osgood Schlatter's Disease. To learn about my episode with OSD and how I spent an agonizing 4 to 5 months, please visit Osgood Schlatter's Disease.