Treatments
- Usually cures itself without formal treatment when puberty ceases, and when bones stop growing.
- Use pain relief medicine such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen, or Naproxen.
- Attend physical therapy sessions to stretch the muscles in your upper leg which can help reduce the tension where your knee cap's tendon attaches below the knee.
-Ice your leg to relieve pain.
- Use pain relief medicine such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen, or Naproxen.
- Attend physical therapy sessions to stretch the muscles in your upper leg which can help reduce the tension where your knee cap's tendon attaches below the knee.
-Ice your leg to relieve pain.
Picture Citations:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=160&ContentID=31
http://www.optimalphysicaltherapy.com/
Source Citations:
"Osgood-Schlatter Disease." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=160&ContentID=31
http://www.optimalphysicaltherapy.com/
Source Citations:
"Osgood-Schlatter Disease." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.