Around April of my u-15s season, during a three day qualifier.
My knees began to be sore, i was frequently active however,
so i thought nothing of it.
Eventually i realized that this pain got progressively worse through out the season.
After two months I decided to see a doctor.
I finally decided to see a doctor, so i scheduled an appointment with an orthopedist.
Later that day I got a call from the doctors office saying that the doctor's schedule changed so they had to reschedule me with a pediatrician. Again, i thought nothing of it.

I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with osgood schlatters.
Although i was older than the average age of Osgood-schlatter patients
and i hadn't had a growth spurt in almost 2 years.
the doctor was convinced that this disease, doesn't get worse the more activity you do on it.
and that if i could play through the pain, that it wouldn't get worse.
as long as i rested it once the season came to a close.

And with nationals just around the corner, i wasn't about to not play.
and miss the biggest opportunity i had to get seen by college scouts.
so that's exactly what i intended to do, play through the pain.
how hard could it be?