Does adult Osgood Schlatter Disease exist?

Based on the number of adults who have successfully used our adult-specific program to treat their Osgood Schlatters pain, it seems that OSD symptoms certainly exists amongst adults!

Importantly almost all of the adults who contacted us and then followed our training program suffered from Osgood Schlatters as children. Frequently they were told to stop playing sport and eventually “grew out” of the symptoms.

So what is happening?

Untreated childhood Osgood and recurrance in adults

When childhood Osgood goes untreated, the sufferer simply “grows out” of the condition. But after sitting on the sidelines for months or even years, the side effect is they also “grow out” of being active.

Later on as an adult, the individual will try taking up a new sport or getting more active again. When they join a social sports team or hit the gym, their knee pain returns.

Additionally many adults who had untreated Osgood still have a pronounced Osgood bump. This bump is normally calcification of the bone where the patella connects to the shin.

The only way to fix this symptom of Osgood is surgery. Luckily however the bump itself is not the cause of the pain, so we can treat “adult Osgood” successfully without surgery.

Even if you are considering surgery to remove the bump, it makes sense to try to resolve the Osgood pain first non-invasively. Most adults who use our Adult Osgood Program respond well and are able to return to a much more active lifestyle without pain.

While our program is delivered over seven weeks, many adults find they have to take a little longer at each of the steps.

Adult onset Osgood Schlatter is unlikely

It is unlikely, if not impossible to get Osgood as an adult, because Osgood requires rapid bone growth and an un-set tendon attachement site — which can only occur in teenagers.

Therefore we see two types of cases:

1. An adult who had un-treated Osgood as a child with a recurrance of tendon pain
2. An adult who is suffering from a similar tendon condition commonly called “runners knee”

Runners knee or Jumpers knee are terms for a condition called patella tendonopathy. Hitorically this was also known as tendonitis.

Patella tendonopathy has very similar symptoms to Osgood, and frequently occurs because of sudden changes in activity. Most commonly adults come to us having just taken up a new sport or begun training for a marathon.

Treating patella tendonopathy

Happily patella tendonopathy responds very well to the exact same rehabilitation protocol as Osgood Schlatter.

As a result I strongly encourage you to look into our adult treatment plan. Bear in mind we have a genuine no-questions-asked money back guarantee. If you have hit a roadblock with knee pain you should absolutely give our program a go risk-free. Some dedicated time working on mobility, flexibility, and strength will have a massive impact on your activity for the rest of your life!

When knee pain is not Osgood or tendonopathy

If you had Osgood Schlatter as a child and you now have knee pain as an adult it is still important to seek a medical diagnosis in case it is something unrelated and not a tendonopathy.

Be sure to get a diagnosis of tendonopathy before commencing the program from a health professional, as certain other knee conditions which occur in adults will not respond the same way.