Osgood Schlatter’s Disease: Why Your Female Athlete Has It and What She Can Do About It.
By Emily Neff (Pappas), Ph.D. (c)
Osgood Schlatter’s is a common “injury” experienced by female athletes
But understanding WHAT the injury is and WHY it is so common in female athletes around puberty is key to helping your daughter alleviate this pain and reduce future knee injuries in her future!
Check out this video to learn more!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 2015 Emily opened Relentless Athletics to build a community for female athletes while educating their parents and coaches on the necessity of strength training and sports nutrition to optimize sports performance and reduce injury risks in the female athlete population.
Emily holds a M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Temple University and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Drexel University. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Concordia University St. Paul with a research focus on female athletes & the relationship between strength training frequency, ACL injury rates, and menstrual cycle irregularities (RED-s). Through this education, Emily values her ability to coach athletes and develop strength coaches with a perspective that is grounded in biochemistry and human physiology.
When she isn’t on the coaching floor or working in her office, she is at home with her husband Jarrod and their daughter Maya Rose, and, of course, their dog Milo (who has become the mascot of Relentless)!!
