Sela's 1st CC Meet

Toward the end of the summer, Sela started having some pretty intense pain in her left knee, and a fairly significant bump began to develop. She had so much pain she had to stop playing tennis for the last couple sessions of the summer, and definitely no running. I took her to Children's Hospital to have her seen and the doctor sat down across from Sela, took one glance at her knee, and said she had Osgood-Schlatter. 

From what I understand, this happens when significant physical activity occurs alongside a growth spurt. The condition can be short lived or plague young athletes for years. Sela was disappointed because she really enjoys sports and was having so much fun playing tennis. She was also looking forward to cross country season as well. The doctor said if we could rest her knee for a month, she could slowly begin to try some sports again, but needed to really take it easy if any pain accompanied  physical activity. She's been good and has taken it easy for the past 4 weeks. The pain is gone and the swelling is going down.


She decided to try cross country to see if the pain would come back. She had one practice and 1 meet last week. She won first place in a close race and her knee felt fine afterward. I was so relieved. She may only get a few runs in this season, because the pain very well may return, but I was happy she had a great beginning to the season.

I tried to video part of the race for Zig since he was out of town. The girls were coming up "Heartbreak Hill." I did a horrible job on the video, oops!

These girls really push each other to do their best. They are great competitors and even better friends!