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osgood schlatters disease

im 16 yrs old and last week i was imformed i have osgood schlatters disease. at the minute im am studyin GCSE pe in which the practical is worth 70% of the marks.ive have been told that total rest is needed. if i carried on until the end of my pe course in june would i do much more damage to what has already been done? i would really like to pass my pe but i am hoping to join the navy next september and dont want to ruin my chances of getting in.i play a very large ammount of hockey for teams inside and outside of skool and would be over the moon if there was any way i could keep on playin. i also umpire and am completing umpire courses at the minute.when umpiring small ammounts of runing are needed on the pitch is this ok to be doing? are there any excercises i could do to help my knee? hope to hear from u soon landa

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• Re: osgood schlatters disease (New option?) Archive. Walt Stoll 17:02:08 9/28/03 (0)
• Re: osgood schlatters disease Marie 09:49:30 9/28/03 (0)

In Reply to: osgood schlatters disease posted by landa on September 28, 2003 at 07:57:23:

Hi Landa,

Dr Jonathan Wright uses 400 ui of vitamin E twice daily, as well as 200mcg of selenium (100mcg am / 100 mcg pm with the vitamine E) and this syndrome is usually gone in a month ! Apparently it works really well. Use vitamine E from natural sources d-alpha-tocopherol NOT l-alpha-tocopherol.

Please try it and let us know how it worked.

In Reply to: osgood schlatters disease posted by landa on September 28, 2003 at 07:57:23:

Hi, Landa.

If Marie's suggestion works, please let me know. That would be wonderful. I have a lot of respect for Jonathan but have yet to hear about this one.

If you have read the OSD archives you at least have some understanding of what this actually is and why avoiding weight bearing stressors is so necesary until the growing tubercle fuses at the end of your growth.

Walt