Osgood-Schlatter’s

Osgood-Schlatter’s is a growing disease that plaques young athletes. They grow out of it but it seems T has it. We will get the official diagnosis today when T goes for his chiropractor appointment. His chiropractor isn’t just a run of the mill chiropractor. He’s an elite athletic specialist. This disease is something T will grow out of but while he is growing like he has this past year this is something he has to deal with. The chiropractor will give us a treatment plan today, I’m sure, that will hopefully minimize his growing pains. All kids go through growing pains but it’s even more so when you are an elite athlete and growing. It’s what causes the problem of the lump that forms below the kneecap, which T has. There’s not an athlete around that’s been an athlete since childhood that didn’t go through what T is going through now. Not training is not an option for T so we look for all the ways we can minimize pain and keep moving forward. It may mean we break down and buy a portable laser therapy tool so he can do at home treatment because this will be an issue he’ll be dealing with as he continues to grow these next years ahead. Our boy is a tough cookie. He’s trained the better part of a month or two with his knees hurting badly with no treatment for it but now we will get a handle on it and he won’t be in so much pain from it. #growingproblems #nopainnogain #thistooshallpass