Knee Injuries

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by SAump

Mr Interested Ump, anything to add of any value in reference to knee injuries?

Osgood-Schlatter, the most difficult to work with. Parents, and their young athletes, want "overcome" this ailment when the only cure for this disease is extended rest. This means "off the feet" rest not "toting your 15 pound knapsack full of school books" type rest. Swelling drops quickly and up-dosages of NSAIDS/AIFs serve to give false impressions of good news.

Patellar dislocations - almost always misdiagnosed (incorrectly prescribed) as a strength balancing issue. Not so, it is a neuromuscular incognizance, a feedback of the nervous system gone wary. The body-brain doesn't locate the foot strike properly, usually coincides with some type of inability to determine in 3D space where one (foot) exists. Upon landing, the feedback is either incorrect (firing of the wrong muscular sequences) or the anticipation (see referenced space determination issue) is inaccurate. Either, the patellae is pulled out of the knee notch alignment (not good, very painful, reoccurrence guaranteed).

Meniscal tears - Never had one that couldn't be managed without surgery unless the tear was post-operative casualty. You can take that to mean whatever you wish.

Attach the WebMD link here, as well, because I can't afford spam PM from IMPOSTERS.

Typically, I find that the world of science, scientific research, studies, citations and even the occassional abstract of greater value than WebMD. YMMV and apparently it does.