Osgood Schlatter’s Disease (really a disorder and not a disease) is an overuse injury caused by repetitive forces generated by the quadriceps and transmitted through the patellar tendon’s insertion point on the tibial tuberosity (the point where the patella tendon inserts onto the tibia). The tibial tubercle or tibial tuberosity is made up of a […]

What is Pectus Excavatum? Pectus Excavatum, also called funnel chest, is a congenital disorder that occurs when the breastbone sinks into the chest that occurs in approximately 1 out of 700 children.  This often leaves a large indentation in the center of the chest and can compress both the lungs and heart. This compression on […]