Common sports injuries

The Institute for Sports Medicine treats a variety of sports-related injuries and medical conditions. For more information on a specific injury or condition, see the list below or the menu to the left.

Upper extremity (shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand)

• "Little League elbow" (medial epicondylar apophyitis)
• "Little League shoulder" (proximal humerus epiphysitis)
• Medial epicondyle avulsion fracture
• Rotator cuff tendonitis

Lower extremity (hip, knee, ankle and foot)

• Achilles tendonitis

• Apophysitis of the pelvis/hip

• Iliotibial (IT) band friction syndrome

• Internal snapping hip syndrome

• Iselin disease (apophysitis of the 5th metatarsal)

• Osgood-Schlatter disease (tibial tubercle apophysis)

• Salter-Harris I fracture of the distal fibula (fracture growth plate)

• "Sinding-Larsen-Johansson" syndrome (distal patella apophysitis)

• Sever disease (calcaneal apophysitis)

• Metatarsal stress fracture

• Navicular stress fracture

• Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Back

• Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

General conditions

• Chronic regional pain syndrome

• Female athlete triad

• Joint hypermobility syndrome