His knee doesn't hurt all over. It hurts in one spot.
And nothing you have bought him has ever touched it.
If it hurts him when you press here, his problem isn't the joint at all
Put your finger one to 2 fingers below his kneecap, on the firm band under the skin, and press.
That band is his patellar tendon. That is where it pulls. Not inside the joint.
If he flinches there and nowhere else, you have just found the spot. You can do this tonight, in the kitchen, in 10 seconds.
All of his body weight goes through one spot in his knee
Every jump he takes, his whole body weight runs down his leg and lands right there, through a patch the size of a coin that has not hardened yet.
Landing from a jump is the worst of it. He lands on that spot and brakes on it at the same time.
That is Osgood-Schlatter. And that is why he limps to the car after practice and not during the warm up.
SEE WHAT SITS ON THAT SPOT
Now here's why nothing you've bought him has worked
A knee sleeve wraps the whole knee. It sits over the spot, not on it.
Ice just numbs it for 20 minutes. By the next practice, it is the same. And Advil does not come near his knee at all, it goes to his head.
Rest works until he plays again. The big hinged brace stops his knee going sideways, and he is not falling sideways. He is jumping.
All of it treated the whole knee. None of it touched that one spot.
The strap sits on the tendon and changes the angle where it leaves the kneecap
It does not squeeze his knee. The thigh still pulls, because that is what thighs do. It just stops pulling on the soft spot.
The silicone insert is shaped like a figure 8 so it holds that one place, and the 2 side tabs tighten independently so it does not slide down a growing leg by halftime.
4 years developing it with orthopedic surgeons, to do what sleeves and braces never could. Over 150,000 people wear one now.
Between the kneecap and the bump. Never on the bump. That is the whole instruction.
GET THE ONE MADE FOR GROWING KNEES
Why didn't anyone tell me I could buy one and get one free?
I bought mine full price. 2 weeks later they were running buy one get one free.
If you are reading this now, do not be me. Get 2 while the deal is still live. One on the knee, one in the gym bag, because he forgets it at school otherwise.
And if he does not wear it, you have 60 days to send them both back.
CLAIM THE BOGO DEAL NOWSo he can finish the whole season
Take the bleachers without limping. Play like he used to, before every jump was a decision.
2 straps. One for each knee, or one on and one in the wash.
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What other parents wrote
“The doctor said patellar strap and left me to figure out which one. This one sits exactly where he showed me. Mason plays the full game now instead of sitting out the fourth quarter.”
“He is 12 and every adult strap we tried slid down by halftime. This one has two tabs so we tighten each side. It has not moved once in six weeks of practice.”
“He used to limp to the car after games and I hated watching it. Three weeks in, he walks out normally. He puts it on himself now, I do not even have to ask.”
“He actually wears it, which is the whole battle. It looks like gear, not like a medical brace.”
“I still have the bump at 42. Nobody gave me anything like this when I was his age. Glad he has it.”
“12 of the 18 boys on their team had the bump at the same time. Coach keeps two spares in his bag now.”
“My son said it feels like his knee is being held up instead of squeezed. That is exactly the difference.”
“Works well, but be honest with yourself about the first two weeks. He complained every single day before he got used to it. Now he puts it on without being asked.”