Tibial Tuberosity pain - adolescent
Hello,
I am a just turned 16 year male who is very active in sport. Over the last few months (since early September) i have been affected by Tibial Tuberosity pain. It first occurred at football (Australian) training when i was leaping to catch the ball. i got a slight acute pain in my right leg(jumping leg) at the tibial tuberosity. I played through the pain for the rest of the night, and iced it because there was the school athletics carnival the day after. I tried my best to run sprints with the pain and was glad the jump events were cancelled due to bad weather. I had numerous football trainings and matches for up until mid October with 3 different teams(club, school, development carnival). i played through by taping my knee just around the patella tendon with some rigid tape. After making it through to the end of the season (getting through by icing each night) i rested the injury and got it checked. I have been growing a lot through this period and i thought it was just OS. any ways when getting it checked i had an xray and it didn't really show any real signs of OS. the sports doctor did say that the VMO in my left (jumping) leg was non existent so i was told to wait for pain to subside and begin some isometric knee exercises. The pain is alot more in the left (jumping) leg then in the right but with more activity similar pain appears in the right leg. I rested the knees for a good long period (around 5-6 weeks) and was doing vmo exercises towards the end of the period. fast-forward to late December to now i have been doing all sorts of different vmo exercises(isometric, lunges, bob squats on a angled board, knee extension against resistance cord/rope) for the vmo on my left knee and hamstring, calf and glute strengthening. pre season has begun now and ive been through the first 3 trainings taping my left knee like before. each training it is getting easier the pain to manage.
The main question that i am asking is, if the xray did not show evidence of OS yet my symptoms feel as such what could it be? I have been told 16 would be late for OS to occur. i have wondered if it could be Jumpers knee but not certain?
Thanks,
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