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Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries: Introduction

Any injury resulting from playing a sport. The injury can be of a sudden traumatic nature such as a broken leg or can be the result of repetitive minor injuries such as tendonitis. There is a huge range of injuries that can occur and all parts of the body are capable of being involved in a sporting injury. Swimmer's ear, dehydration, angina, and shoulder pain are just some of the many examples. Approximately 1 million people are injured in the US each year while playing sport. Obviously some sports are more injury prone than others. ...more »

Symptoms of Sports Injuries

• Back pain
• Leg pain
• Hip pain
• Spinal deformity
• Abnormal spinal curvature
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Sports Injuries?

• Misdiagnosis of Sports Injuries

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Causes of Sports Injuries

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Disease Topics Related To Sports Injuries

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Sports Injuries:

• March fractures
• Stress fractures
• Ligament tear
• Muscle tear
• Tennis elbow
• Golfer's elbow
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Sports Injuries: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Sports Injuries

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Sports Injuries: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Sports Injuries

Medical research articles related to Sports Injuries include:

• NSAIDs are used for pain relief. After trauma is there any evidence that they reduce inflammation, shorten the healing time especially when pain relief is not needed?
• Comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in young female footballers: cluster randomised controlled trial.
• Prevention of sports injuries: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
• Post Traumatic Stress - A Self Help Guide
• A systematic review of the clinical and cost effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) use in adults
• Piroxicam beta-cyclodextrin
• Topical analgesics
• Piroxicam
• more research...»

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Sports Injuries: Animations

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Research about Sports Injuries

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Statistics for Sports Injuries

• Medical statistics for Sports Injuries
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Sports Injuries
• Death and Mortality statistics for Sports Injuries
• Society statistics for Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries: Broader Related Topics

• Physical conditions
• Accidental injury
• Accident or injury conditions
• Pain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries Message Boards

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