Possible Osgood-Schlatters Case
Hello everyone, firstly - What a great website you all have created here, its a tremendous resource.
I am 27 years old and played competitive soccer my entire life. Post-University, I've been playing recreational Sunday league soccer and my fitness and strength training regimen had pretty much disappeared. I felt that playing soccer 3 times a weak was enough to keep me fit(its not).
About a month ago on a World Cup high I decided that I wanted to train more and joined my local YMCA. Which was a tremendous success, being in the gym 5 days a week getting stronger or at least getting back some confidence.
This then leads me to my pain in the knee or more accurately my pain in the upper most part of my tibia. Its actually not extremely painful, just a discomfort, it at this point hasn't prevented me from doing any of the athletic movements I need to do in a soccer match. However what it is doing, is playing with my mind. I have had two of my close friends tear there ACL and this has set me on a knee paranoia. The pain started randomly a day after a match, its a sharp pain to the touch and it appears like there are bumps on the tibia when compared to the other.
As this syndrome appears to be mainly for adolescence, I'm curious if there are any other diagnoses I should consider. If this is just a case of early stage Osgood-Schlatters, should I just take the summer season off? Can I still go to the gym and spend time on the elliptical(avoiding other leg strengthening exercises)?
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. All your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Steven
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