Provides basic consumer health information about sports injuries in various parts of the body, protective equipment and preventive measures, treatment options, and a special section on sports injuries in children and teens.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Part I: Health and Sports
• Chapter 1— An Introduction to Sports Injuries and Exercise
• Chapter 2— Sprains and Strains
• Chapter 3— Bursitis and Tendinitis
• Chapter 4— Repetitive Motion Disorders
• Chapter 5— Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Athletes
• Chapter 6— Athletes and Skin Disorders
• Section 6.1— Preventing Skin Diseases in Athlete
• Section 6.2— Athletes and Skin Cancer Risk
• Chapter 7— Exercise-Induced Asthma in Athletes
• Chapter 8— Sports Nutrition, Weight Maintenance, and Hydration
• Section 8.1— Basic Facts about Sports Nutrition
• Section 8.2— Female Athlete Triad
• Section 8.3— Healthy Hydration for Athletes
• Chapter 9— Drug Use among Athletes
• Section 9.1— Impact of Drugs on Athletes
• Section 9.2— Steroids as Performance- Enhancing Substances
• Part II: Preventing Sports Injuries
• Chapter 10— Sports Injury Prevention and First Aid Treatment
• Chapter 11— Protective Equipment for Athletes
• Section 11.1— Athletic Shoes
• Section 11.2— Helmets
• Section 11.3— Eye Protection
• Chapter 12— Sports Safety Tips
• Section 12.1— Baseball
• Section 12.2— Hockey
• Section 12.3— Football
• Section 12.4— Soccer
• Section 12.5— Skateboarding
• Section 12.6— Bicycle Safety
• Section 12.7— Golf
• Section 12.8— Tennis
• Section 12.9— Running
• Chapter 13— Winter Sports Safety
• Chapter 14— Resistance Training Safety
• Chapter 15— Outdoor Sports Safety in Weather Conditions
• Section 15.1— Safety in the Heat
• Section 15.2— Cold Weather Safety
• Section 15.3— Lightning Safety
• Part III: Head and Facial Injuries
• Chapter 16— Sports-Related Head Injuries
• Section 16.1— Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
• Section 16.2— Concussions
• Chapter 17— Sports Injuries to the Face
• Section 17.1— Jaw Injuries
• Section 17.2— Eye Injuries
• Section 17.3— Cauliflower Ear
• Part IV: Back, Neck, and Spine Injuries
• Chapter 18— Lower Back Pain
• Chapter 19— Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
• Chapter 20— Cervical Fractures (Broken Neck)
• Chapter 21— Spinal Cord Injuries
• Chapter 22— Disc Disorders
• Chapter 23— Spinal Nerve Injuries
• Section 23.1— Stingers
• Section 23.2— Sciatica
• Part V: Shoulder and Upper Arm Injuries
• Chapter 24— Common Shoulder Problems
• Chapter 25— Frozen Shoulder
• Chapter 26— Rotator Cuff Disease
• Chapter 27— Shoulder Impingement
• Chapter 28— Shoulder Dislocation
• Chapter 29— Muscle Tears and Tendon Injuries
• Section 29.1— Rotator Cuff Tears
• Section 29.2— Biceps Tendon Injuries
• Chapter 30— Collarbone Injuries
• Part VI: Injuries to the Elbows, Wrists, and Hands
• Chapter 31— Arm and Wrist Injuries
• Section 31.1— Arm Fractures
• Section 31.2— Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Section 31.3— Scaphoid Fractures
• Section 31.4— Wrist Fractures
• Chapter 32— Elbow Injuries
• Section 32.1— Tennis Elbow
• Section 32.2— Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow (Little League Elbow)
• Section 32.3— Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries (Thrower's Elbow)
• Section 32.4— Ulnar Nerve Entrapment(Cubital Tunnel Syndrome)
• Chapter 33— Hand Injuries
• Section 33.1— Finger Sprains, Fractures, and Dislocations
• Section 33.2— Thumb Strains (Skier's Thumb)
• Section 33.3— Mallet Finger (Baseball Finger)
• Section 33.4— Flexor Tendon Injuries
• Part VII: Injuries to the Trunk, Groin, Upper Legs, and Knees
• Chapter 34— Trunk and Groin Injuries
• Section 34.1— Hematuria
• Section 34.2— Groin and Perineal Injuries in Athletes
• Chapter 35— Hip Injuries
• Section 35.1— Hip Bursitis
• Section 35.2— Hip Flexor Strains
• Chapter 36— Upper Leg Injuries
• Section 36.1— Femur Fracture
• Section 36.2— Hamstring Injuries
• Chapter 37— Knee Injury Basics
• Chapter 38— Knee Cartilage Injuries
• Section 38.1— Patellofemoral Knee Pain (Chondromalacia Patella)
• Section 38.2— Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
• Section 38.3— Meniscal Injuries
• Chapter 39— Knee Ligament Injuries
• Section 39.1— Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
• Section 39.2— Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury
• Chapter 40— Patellar Tendinitis and Tendinopathy
• Chapter 41— Dislocated Patella
• Chapter 42— Other Overuse Knee Injuries
• Section 42.1— Iliotibial (IT) Band Friction Syndrome
• Section 42.2— Plica Syndrome
• Part VIII: Injuries to the Lower Legs, Ankles, and Feet
• Chapter 43— Leg Stress Fractures
• Chapter 44— Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin Splints)
• Chapter 45— Achilles Tendon Injuries
• Chapter 46— Ankle Injuries
• Section 46.1— Ankle Sprains
• Section 46.2— Ankle Instability
• Section 46.3— Ankle Fractures
• Chapter 47— Injuries to the Feet
• Section 47.1— Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spurs)
• Section 47.2— Metatarsalgia
• Section 47.3— Sesamoiditis and Sesamoid Fracture
• Section 47.4— Fifth Metatarsal Fracture
• Section 47.5— Stress Fractures of the Foot
• Chapter 48— Toe Injuries
• Section 48.1— Turf Toe
• Section 48.2— Toe and Forefoot Fractures
• Part IX: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries
• Chapter 49— Imaging and Diagnostic Tests
• Section 49.1— Arthrogram
• Section 49.2— Bone Scan and Bone Density Test
• Section 49.3— Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
• Section 49.4— Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Section 49.5— Ultrasound
• Chapter 50— Medications for Sports Injuries
• Chapter 51— Specialized Surgical Treatments and Therapy
• Section 51.1— Arthroscopic Surgery
• Section 51.2— Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Repair
• Section 51.3— Cartilage Repair and Restoration
• Chapter 52— Sports Physical Therapy
• Part X: Sports Injuries in Children and Young Athletes
• Chapter 53— Children and Sports Injuries
• Section 53.1— Sport and Recreation Safety for Children
• Section 53.2— Playground Injuries
• Chapter 54— Sports Physicals
• Chapter 55— Preventing Children's Sports Injuries
• Chapter 56— Overtraining Burnout in Young Athletes
• Chapter 57— Growth Plate Injuries
• Chapter 58— Developmental Diseases and Sports Injuries
• Section 58.1— Osgood-Schlatter Disease
• Section 58.2— Sever's Disease
• Chapter 59— Return to Play
• Part XI: Additional Help and Information
• Chapter 60— Glossary of Terms Related to Sports Injuries
• Chapter 61— Directory of Resources Related to Sports Injuries