Conditions listed in bold below are injuries that occur only in children and adolescents; however, all the listed conditions are seen in our Pediatric Sports Medicine clinic.

Head

• Concussion (see also our page on concussion management)
• Neck injuries

Arm & Elbow

​Shoulder

• Little League shoulder
• Rotator cuff injuries (tears have a much lower incidence in youth and youth sports, often requiring conservative management alone)
• Labral tears
• Shoulder subluxation/dislocations 
• Biceps tendonitis
• Scapular dyskinesis 
• Shoulder separation
• Clavicle fractures

Elbow

• Little League elbow
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Panner Disease
• "Tommy John" injuries or ulnar collateral ligament strains/tears (the majority of young athletes will not encounter this type of injury despite the publicity it receives in national and mainstream media. The concern is understandable given the potential consequences to ability and the career. There is a higher likelihood for "Little League Elbow" and forearm strains in the youth population)
• Elbow Strains
• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
• Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)

Hand and Wrist

• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Tendonitis
• Strains and sprains
• TFCC injury

Back, Hip and Pelvis

• ​Pelvic apophyseal injuries (hip flexor injuries in athletes who are still growing)
• Hip flexor injuries
• Femoral acetabular impingement
• Tensor fascia lata and IT band syndrome
• Internal snapping hip (popping hip)
• Labral tears
• Other strains/minor tears: quadriceps, hamstring, groin, glute
• General back pain
• Back strain
• Spondylolysis or stress fractures
• Spondylolisthesis
• Abdominal strains
• SCFE

Knee and Leg

Knee

• Osgood-Schlatter and Sinding-Larsen-Johannson
• Patellar tendonitis
• Ligament tears / sprains (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL)
• Meniscus tears
• Knee cap or patellar instability: patellar subluxation, patellar dislocation
• Patellofemoral pain syndrome
• Osteochondral defects

Leg

• Shin splints
• Tibial stress fracture (can be related to Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport or previously known as "Female Athlete Triad")
• Fibular stress fracture
• Calf strain

​Foot and Ankle

• Ankle sprains
• Severs Disease (often thought of as achilles tendinitis or plantar fasciitis)
• Achilles tendonitis
• Ankle impingement
• Turf toe
• Flat feet
• Sesamoiditis (pain under the “ball of the foot”)
• Other foot pain
• Other specific foot injuries