Adolescent Shin Pain: Causes and Treatments
Adolescent Shin Pain: Causes and Treatments
It is estimated that over 30 million adolescents participate in sporting activities each year. Participation in organized high school sports often increases the intensity and frequency of both training and competition, which can lead to...
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Evaluating Shin Pain
Appropriate evaluation and diagnostic imaging is important to determine the cause and extent of injury for individuals experiencing chronic shin pain. Appropriate clinical assessment begins with a thorough patient history that includes an assessment of: ...
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Making Sense of Shin Pain
Many collegiate athletes, high school athletes and recreational runners have experienced shin pain during their athletic career. Whether this was after a challenging training session, following a hard race or during a significant hill work...
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The Runner’s Guide to Chondromalacia
Knee pain is a common complaint for athletes who participate in repetitive-impact sports like running. It is easy to understand when you consider the remarkable forces the knee absorbs through walking, let alone the addition...
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Femoroacatabular Impingement (FAI): What you need to know by Patrick S. Buckley, MD
Femoroacatabular impingement, also known as FAI, is a common cause of hip pain in young adults. On a basic level, the hip is a ball and socket joint. FAI is a condition that develops when...
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You’ve Torn Your ACL. What’s Next?
"You have a torn ACL"- These are the dreaded words an athlete never wants to hear. Unfortunately, Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries do happen with some frequency in sports....
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Dr. Monica Advises How To Stay Injury Free This Baseball Season
As part of the UOA Continuum of Care, our very own Dr. James Monica has created an informative presentation that advises parents how to keep children free from injury during baseball season. Check out this...
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Life In Motion Magazine Issue Release
Extra Extra read all about it! From feet and hands to knees; from tendons to bones—this edition of our Life In Motion magazine offers you both scholarly and practical insights into everything orthopaedic. You can discover the “whys...
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Opioid Use and Misuse Educational Fact Sheet
School athletics can serve an integral role in students' development. In addition to providing healthy forms of exercise, school athletics foster friendships and camaraderie, promote sportsmanship and fair play, and instill the value of competition. Unfortunately,...
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Tips on Softball Injury Prevention
Softball participation has grown to about 400,000 players per year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. With increased participation, youth sports injuries are on the rise....
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