My favorite subject that we spoke about in class is when we learned about Osgood-Schlatter Disease because I have this disease. We learned in class that Osgood-Schlatter Disease is when muscles become too tight because of rapid growth in the epiphyseal plate. The epiphyseal plate is a growth plate that is only in children and adolescence. The epiphyseal plate is at the superior end of the tibia by the tibial tuberosity. My doctor told me that this disease effects when I am physically active, which is difficult because I regularly play tennis, an anaerobic activity. Unfortunately, before I was checked out by a doctor, it even affected me when I walked up the stairs, which does not require much physical activity at all. This disease only affects
