INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It is best to apply a heat pack or wrap about a half-hour before any physical activity. Then, when you are done, ice the area or apply a cold wrap immediately and keep it going for about 20 minutes. This will reduce swelling and allow your knee to heal.Even during rest days it can be therapeutic to ice your knee for 20 minutes every 3 hours or so. Be careful with putting ice directly on your skin as it can cause burns. Use a wrap or ice pack. If you decide to continue with sports, then you may need to wear shock-absorbing insoles in your shoes. This will minimize the pressure placed on your knees. When playing a sport that requires kneeling or bending, like wrestling, then it's a good idea to wear fitted pads to protect your knees.Just any insoles or knee pads won't do. Buy yours at a sporting goods store to make sure that they will hold up well with lots of movement. Casts are usually only used in the most severe cases of OSD with adults. Most OSD patients are given a brace, such as a stabilizing knee wrap or patella strap, for optional use during physical activities. Your doctor may ask that you wear this brace off-and-on for up to 8 weeks. Your doctor may also give you a set of crutches if walking causes you pain. A patella strap works by spreading out shock absorption around the entire knee area, so that they tendon does not do all of the work. Surgery for OSD is quite rare and used only in the most extreme cases. In adolescents, the most common sufferers of OSD, their skeleton is still forming, which makes invasive bone procedures more problematic. If your doctor does recommend surgery, consider seeking out a second opinion. In many cases, the most severe OSD symptoms will entirely disappear by the time that a person completes their adolescent growth spurt. So, at the age of 14 for girls and 16 for boys, you should see some improvement in pain levels and range of motion. While the interior of the knee will improve, be aware that your child may still have a bump present on the front of their affected knee, called a tubercle.

SUMMARY: Apply heat or cold. Wear padded insoles and knee pads. Wear a brace or cast. Agree to surgery only in limited cases. Expect symptoms to lessen with age.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Firing up the app takes you to a screen with two buttons: The "Gallery" button and the "Create New" button. The "Gallery" button allows you take a look at the posters you have created. The "Create New" button lets you create new posters. To begin, tap on the "Create New" button. Tap the blue ribbon with three horizontal bars for access to shapes that you can add to your new poster. You can select any of the different styles already available in the app, just tap on any one of them to select the one you want to use. Blocks with the small grocery cart on their top left indicate additional themes that are available for $0.99. A pop-up bar will appear asking if you want to add any photo from your photo album or take a picture with your camera. You can select any of the options to add a photo or you can leave the poster as is, without a photo. You can do this by tapping on the three horizontal bars at the bottom. Tapping the capital T button will allow you to insert or change texts. You can also change the font style, size, and color. Do this by clicking the plus (+) sign. When you like what you see, just press "Next." The app will now give you various looks of the poster you created with different effects on each one. Tap the one that you like. When you're done creating your poster, select "Save." If you don't like what you created and want to make changes, you can click on "Go Back." You also have the option to share your poster; just tap "Share."

SUMMARY:
View the home interface. Start creating a new poster. Add shapes. Add themes. Insert a photo. Adjust the brightness, contrast, or saturation. Add texts. Add another section box to the poster. Go over your creation. Select effects. Save your changes.