Dear Dr. Gott: I wonder why you didn't mention Osgood-Schlatter disease in your column about growing pains. Our son, who is now 38, had this condition when he was 12 ...

Osgood Schlatter disease (OSd) is a rather common condition that causes knee pain in active youngsters starting to grow into adolescents and later adults. One such 11-year-old male person in ...

"I got diagnosed with this in my right knee," viral teen star Maddox Batson says of getting Osgood-Schlatter disease. "It prevented me from playing sports so I started playing music with my dad on ...

In the past, and still at amateur level, Osgood-Schlatter has been reduced to ‘growing pains’ — a catch-all term that, when used casually, appears to demean the severity of the condition.