Growing Pain, Sever, Osgood-Schlatter Treatment in Bel Air, MD
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Growing Pain, Sever, Osgood-Schlatter Treatment in Bel Air, MD
Growing Pain, Sever, Osgood-Schlatter Treatment in Bel Air MD
What are growing pains in kids?
As kids are in the midst of a growth spurt, all their parts don’t grow at the same speed. Bones grow faster than the muscles and tendons attached to them. This creates a torque at the attachment that causes the tendon to pull away from the bone.
Treatment for Growing Pains in Kids
We hear all the time ”oh it’s just growing pains.” While it may just be growing pains. The pain is real, inflammation is happening, ligaments and tendons are over stressed. There are solutions that can mitigate the acute problems and prevent the symptoms from returning. It may not be that we just wait for them to stop growing.
Common growing pains in kids
The two most common are Osgood Schlatter’s and Sever’s.
Painful inflammation in the heel after a growth spurt when the heel bone grows faster than the and the muscles and tendons become stretched and tight.
Causes of Severs
Sever’s is common in gymnasts, cheerleaders and dancers
Even though it is associated as a grow pain it can also be caused by physical issues
Pronated foot, high or plat arches
Tight Achilles tendon
Uneven leg length
Treatment for Severs
Providers will treat and reduce the tightness & inflammation and heal the tendons, ligaments and muscles to alleviate the acute pain.
Then they will determine the cause. As listed above many times it can be cased by abnormalities in the foot or leg that can easily be mitigated with PT adjustment or foot orthotics to prevent the condition from returning.
What is Osgood-Schlatter
Where Sever’s is in the foot Osgood occurs in the knee when the leg bones grow faster than the muscles and tendons causing swelling and inflammation at the growth plate at the top of the shin bone. It is common for a visible e knot on the knee to appear
Causes of Osgood-Schlatter
Usually occurs in athletes that involve running or jumping
Treatment for Osgood-Schlatter
Providers will treat and reduce the tightness and inflammation and heal the tendons, ligaments and muscles to alleviate the acute pain
If ignored the condition can get worse and start to pull on the quads and the knot on the knee could remain permanent or chronic inflammation and swelling in the area could remain.
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