I started skating at 8 and at that time I was jumping down anything I found, like every kids...
At 10 I started having trouble with my left knee (I'm regular), it was a huge pain after every session, I could barely walk back home sometime, but I never stopped skateboarding because I loved it too much.
Since then, I've been dealing with Osgood Schlatter decease.
I talked to 2 surgeons, they told me that I could have a surgery to remove the bump of my knee, but I read a lot of things on internet and for some people it was way worst after the surgery, they couldn't do sport anymore...
I'm 25 now and I can skate mostly without restraint, but yesterday my board hit my knee, the pain was so hard that I almost threw up. I could barely walk to work today, so I was wondering, am I alone to deal with this thing ?
Do you guys have any idea of how to protect my knee from future hits ? (knee straps or something ?)
If anyone has done the surgery, it would be nice to have a feedback to help me go forward...