DD has been diagnosed with Osgood Sclatters disease - has anyone here had a child with this??

[kittylouise]

I have searched topics but haven't found a great deal to be honest.

She has had knee trouble for a while, and whilst at A&E yesterday for treatment for a football injury we had, the doctor said she had OS and has referred her to a consultant.

I am worried because I know a child at DD's old school had it, and ended up in a wheelchair.

I am also concerned because dd loves all her sports (she is into everything) and she has been told to rest for the immediate future.

Does anyone have any tips/advice/anything?!

Thanks

Plus it's her 12th birthday on Friday - she is laid up in bed and a bit low, bless her!

kittylouise i don't know anything about Osgood Sclatters disease,sorry.But sending you and dd a ((((hug)))).My Dd is having afew health problems at the moment so know how hard things can get sometimes.
Happy birthday to your dd for friday too.

KL - try a site search just using "osgood" and you'll find quite a few messsages. Haven't gone through the threads, but it might take you a bit further

I have got it - or had it when a kid, along with mild juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (pausi-articular, I think) - limped for a while (maybe 8-11) and got teased a bit by mean cows (Helen Maund and Sarah Moon I still remember you!), took ibuprofen on a daily basis, very little extra medical attention or intervention - absolutely no lasting effects, have less knee pain than most people I know and have run a half marathon (in quite a respectable time, too ).

Would love to blame my lack of sporting glory at school on it but that was more to do with general ineptitude!

Hope that helps - a happy story. Don't know much about degrees of it but my parents (GPs) never seemed very concerned about it. Not to belittle anyone who has a more serious case, of course, just a post to show it doesn't have to be bad!

I was diagnosed with OS when I was 10. I seem to remember being treated almost entirely with rest & anti-inflamatory (sp???) meds/painkillers. It is true that I missed out on a lot of sport at school, and sort of got diverted into low-impact activities (swimming, aqua aerobics, yoga, etc), and I did have pain from it until I was about 20. But I have to say now it's fine and impedes my activity hardly at all and only aches when the weather changes (a forecasting knee!). Also knew of a friend of my parents who had it - she was quite sporty and I think she switch to weight training when she couldn't do other things.

I don't know if this is what you want to hear or not, but at least for myself and this friend there was no hint of a wheelchair involved (didn't even know it could go that far, tbh).

I'm sure in time you and your dd will learn how to manage it. Good luck with it all.

oh yes - I have forecasting knees, too.

oh - and for googling I thought it was Osgood Schlatters?

My brother had this when he was younger(he's now 25),he loved playing football but his knee kept 'giving way' and he was diagnosed with it after a few tests.
His was pretty bad he'd play football,his knee would give way then he'd end up in a plaster cast from his ankle to hip for 2 months ,till it was better ,before then playing football again and it going again...so on so on

It bothered him quite a bit as he was very sporty,and it got to the stage where he could just be walking and his knee would go.

One time we had all gone on a family holiday abroad and he walked down a step by the pool and it went,he ended up hobbling about for the rest of the week.

The only thing that really helped was hot and cold treatments,ie a heat pack for 10 mins then a cold pack for 10 mins .

In the end he had surgery to correct it(when he was 20),they first tried keyhole surgery but he then had to have open surgery on it,as the first op wasn't successful.

He had to have lots of physio and can now run on a treadmill,play light football (with my dc) but would never be able to play competitive football ,hard sports again,which is sad as he was a great footballer and loved it so much.

Although it's not cheap I would recommend seeing a sports physio,my brother visited one (friend of a friend)regularly when he was at his worst,and he did say it helped alot.

I hope your Dd feels better soon ,it's not nice for anyone to get ,but when its a sport-minded youngster then its really sad.

Thanks very much everyone (am mumsnetting at work so can only look at thread sporadicallY.

Will have a look at threads just looking for osgood. When I was searching earlier I kept on spelling it wrong anyway!

It's good to hear some happy stories, main concern for dd (apart from her being in chronic pain) is that she is very into contact sports, plays for netball, football, rugby teams, also does mid-distance running, tennis and dance, all of which she loves (where the hell she inherited such energy and drive I don;t know, certainly not from me!). It will be sp upsetting for her to give this up, we moved towns just a year ago and her sporting life has really helped her integrate into the new school and make friends.

Oh, I don't know what i am rambling on about, just a bit worried for her.

Yes my eldest Dss had it when he was about 15.

He was advised by physio it occurs during the teenage growth spurt, their legs grow too fast for the knee joint. Sounds bad but it is quite common and it often fobbed off as growing pains

We were told to ease off with the football and minimum exercise as it could cause long term damage if not. Their knees can be particularly vulnerable at this time. It doesnt last long if looked after and their knees do catch up. do make her easy up a bit though, not too much high impact iykwim

it wont be for long but it is important to not do to much.

Thanks moondog for the idea about sports physio - will look into that.

Hopefully will not have to wait too long for consultant referral.

Oh bloody hell isn;t it horrible when things are shit for your kids. I know in the whole league of things she is ok, she has not got something life threatening. But she is in quite a bit of pain, which doesn't seem to be eased by ibuprofen.

And a bit worried about her feeling down. Thank god chrimbo is coming soon and I get time off work to spend with her. Hopefully the rest over the holidays will do her good and she will feel better (wishful thinking emoticon).

Thanks all of you, very much for replying, really appreciated

my dh ahs this and hes a plumber/heating engineer so hes always on his knees and its never caused him any real problems except sometimes his knee gives way, (which can be quite funny to watch )