Deadlifting with Osgood Schlatter

[KingEddy]

So I have Osgood Schlatter, and I've had it for quite a few years. Its slowly getting better but I've only seen improvement on my left knee. I've had it since 8th grade and Im almost 20 now, so 6 years of it. I want to deadlift but keeping the bar on my shin kills me. I currently only deadlift with 35lbs on each side, as I just started and also cant do perfect form. What can I do to do this? My bar does not go vertical in a straightline I have to push it out a bit before locking out.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You have to learn how to deadlift correctly. This is the first step. Then you have to learn how to deadlift correctly without hitting your tibial plateau with the bar.

[Splat]

What is Osgood Schlatter? A google search just left me confused. The search says that symptoms include pain and a bony knob below the knee. I have the bony knob on both legs but don't remember having pain when I was growing up. The knob can be painful when being hit but getting hit with a weight usually hurts so I have never read anything into it.

So is the bony knob just being a red herring?

Also, your statement about not hitting the tibial plateau implies that the bar loses contact with the leg. Is the standard for "correct" bar path then just a straight line with weight over mid-foot?

[Erok]

Is anyone else disappointed to find out that Osgood Schlatter is not a Teutonic Deadlifting Beast who blessed the OP with his presence during a morning coaching session, followed by an afternoon Bierstube rampage? 'Cuz that's what I was expecting.

That said, KingEddy, I hope you listen to Rip and get your form worked out. That is key.

[KingEddy]

Mark, I have been doing the form as par the book, feet first then grip then pull with the bar attached to your legs. However that is where the problem happens, I cant keep the bar on my legs as thats when the osgood bumps start hurting. The way I've been deadlifting is do everything but lift up a little bit in front of my shins so I go pass the bumps

[Mark Rippetoe]

Video?

[Will Morris]

So I have Osgood Schlatter, and I've had it for quite a few years. Its slowly getting better but I've only seen improvement on my left knee. I've had it since 8th grade and Im almost 20 now, so 6 years of it. I want to deadlift but keeping the bar on my shin kills me. I currently only deadlift with 35lbs on each side, as I just started and also cant do perfect form. What can I do to do this? My bar does not go vertical in a straightline I have to push it out a bit before locking out.

OS is a disease of childhood. In 2 years, you will forget anything was ever wrong with your knee. Rarelydoes it cause any problems after the age of 21.

[Trewarin]

In the meantime, soft drink bottle shin guards