Unresolved OSD

[Jussi]

Hello,

Any experience on surgical treatment of OSD on adults and especially how quickly possible to go back to normal training after the surgery? 43 year male, had the issue since 13 year old. I can currently train when get the knees warm, but really painful and swollen after each training session. Does not really help the motivation to squat, but what are you going to do, not train as recommended as treatment… According to studies published surgery would exceptionally seem to be worth considering.

Additional questions. If one would continue to train and disregard the condition, could this be even counterproductive? Apparently, there is an active continued inflammation of the tendon with this situation?

Thanks for any comments and experience shared on this.

[Jordan_Feigenbaum]

I have no experience on surgical management of Osgood Schlatter’s. However, with unresolved pain into adulthood- you may find significant benefit from being evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon to get his/her opinion on the matter. I think that treating this conservatively with diagnosed OSD and persistent symptoms is a tough road to go. I’d get evaluated by ortho, but probably still train in the meantime and skip squats in the interim.