Morbus Osgood-Schlatter

You run, you jump, you give everything. In football, in basketball, in athletics training. And then — that stabbing pain directly below the kneecap, at the point where the tendon meets the bone. At first only after sport. Then also when climbing stairs. Eventually even while sitting, when you bend your leg.

Medicine calls it Morbus Osgood-Schlatter — a growth disturbance at the shinbone, typical for adolescents, especially for physically active boys between 10 and 15 years of age. The explanation sounds logical: bones and tendons grow at different speeds, the tensile force at the growth plate becomes too great, irritation develops. Overuse. Growing pains. Wait and see.