Most people don’t fully understand the pain associated with Osgood-Schlatters disease (OSD)…doctors included. OSD is one of the most common causes of knee pain in young athletes. It causes swelling, pain, and tenderness just below the knee, over the shin bone (also called the tibia).
Current medical statistics advise taking the patient out of sports for a period of six months.
OSD is an inflammation of the tissue of the tibial tuberosity, an area directly below the kneecap. The area of the knee just below the patella (patella) is where the main generation of pain begins. It usually starts as a squeezing or stabbing pain and can cause severe, sharp pain. Pain caused by some type of movement such as running or jumping. The pain can become extremely painful in many cases. The pain is usually diagnosed when a child complains of pain when running, jumping in sports or any other type of repetitive movement. Osgood-Schlatters commonly affects boys who are having a growth spurt during their pre-teens or teens, but it can easily affect girls, too. One or both knees may be affected. When the large thigh muscles lose their ability to absorb force, that force is transferred to the knee, causing a pulling effect that leads to swelling and pain.
Seeing a doctor, an examination will note a painful palpation in the area below the knee. That area is usually raised, tender to the touch, and swollen. An x-ray will usually confirm the diagnosis. The doctor will notice on the x-ray a separation of bone in the upper tibia bone, which is the shin bone. This separation is very painful to any type of direct palpation.
The newly developed treatment can begin to relieve pain and increase range of motion within the first few treatments. Clinical studies have shown that new treatments can get a patient back to their sport within a couple of weeks, if not sooner. Many patients have seen complete resolution of pain and disability within a week.
MyoFascial Disruption Technique (MFDT) is a unique manual treatment that has been shown through clinical trials to be 95% faster in relieving pain compared to other current treatments. Co-developed by three physicians, the basis for its discovery is based on research findings dating back decades. MFDT pinpoints the exact area of damage that can be corrected in an extremely quick period of time. MFDT has been shown to treat many forms of soft tissue injury with documented healing rates to increase healing of Osgood-Schlatters disease symptoms.