Is your child complaining of pain with a bump on the front of their knee? It could be Osgood Schlatter. DocJen & Dr. Dom explain what Osgood Schlatter is and how it is a progressive injury, classified as an overuse injury. They address the research and how physical therapy can be up to 90% effective when addressing Osgood Schlatter. They hone in on how you can modulate activity, which exercises you could implement into your warm-ups and cool-downs that might be effective, and how a progression to single-leg dynamic work and explosive movement may be the journey to optimal rehabilitation! Let’s dive into Osgood Schlatter rehabilitation!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

0:45 - What is Osgood Schlatter?

03:47 - It’s an overuse, chronic injury.

05:35 - What the research says

07:32 - Activity modulation

08:01 -  Importance of warm ups and cool downs + exercises‌‌

11:57 - Specificity of physical therapy

1‌‌‌‌3:44 - Single leg dynamic work

14:40 - Explosive Movement & the extension mechanism

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