Write an article based on this "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."
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.

Write an article based on this "Gather your materials. Build your sploof. Exhale through the sploof."
article: A sploof is a tube capped with a dryer sheet that will turn the smell of your smoke into the smell of fresh laundry. The first step in building your sploof will require you to gather the necessary materials. Collect the following items to build your sploof: Find a cardboard tube or PVC tube. A cardboard tube from a toilet paper roll works fine. Dryer sheets will be used to absorb and cover up the smell of the smoke. Grab something to attach the dryer sheets or a sock to the end of the tube. Rubber bands will work great for this. Some recommend adding activated carbon to your sploof. This can be found at pet stores. After you have gathered the materials needed to build your sploof it's time to assemble it. Building your sploof in a certain way will allow you to exhale the smoke through it and cover up the smell of the smoke. Follow these simple steps to build your sploof. Grab about three dryer sheets and cover one end of the cardboard tube with them. Secure the dryer sheets in place by putting a rubber band around them. Fill the length of the tube with the rest of the dryer sheets you have. You can also add the activated carbon to your tube at this point. Now that your sploof has been created it's time to put it to use. Whenever you want to smoke exhale through the sploof. Whatever smoke passes through the dryer sheets will come out smelling fresh, covering up the smell of your smoking. Always exhale through the sploof, pushing the smoke through the dryer sheets. Change your dryer sheets if you notice their scent fading. It's likely that some smoke will not pass through the sploof so take care to cover up the smoke in other ways as well.

Write an article based on this "Vacuum the furniture with a handheld vacuum. Run a squeegee over microfiber furniture. Wipe down most fabric furniture with a damp rubber glove. Rub a dryer sheet over hard furniture. Spritz a soft cloth with furniture polish for wooden furniture. Use a dry sponge to wipe pet hair off of curtains."
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Run the vacuum over the furniture to pick up as much hair as you can. If you don't have a handheld vacuum, you can use your regular vacuum's hose attachment to pick up hair. Go forward and back over the furniture in rows so you don't miss any hair. Grab a clean, dry squeegee, the kind you use to dry off windows when washing them. Place the rubber edge on the couch, and gently scoot it across the fabric. The rubber will collect the hair on the couch, making it easy to pick up. Run a vacuum over it when you're done with the squeegee for easy cleanup. This will also work on carpet. Put on a fresh rubber glove, the kind you use for household cleaning. Run it under the faucet and then shake off the excess water. Rub the glove lightly over the fabric, and it will easily pick up pet hair. If the glove gets clogged with hair, run it under water to clean it and begin again. You can also use a spray bottle to lightly spritz the glove. Wood, plastic, and laminate can also pick up cat hair. While this is easier to clean up than fabric, pet hair can still cling to the surface. Wipe down the furniture with a clean dryer sheet from your laundry room, which will make picking up pet hair a breeze. The dryer sheet has enough fabric softener in it that it will grab the hair. Plus, it will make your room smell fresh. Grab a non-abrasive rag, such as a microfiber cloth. Hold it in your hand and lightly spray it with furniture polish. Run the polish over the wooden furniture to quickly pick up pet hair. Run the sponge down the curtain to gather up the hair. You may need to place a hand behind the curtain to hold it in place against the sponge. Collect the hair with your fingers to toss in the trash and pull any excess hair off the sponge to use again. Alternatively, vacuum the hair off the bottom of the curtain with a hose or hand vacuum.