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With the continued increase in sports participation, musculoskeletal concerns account for a significant percentage of patient encounters within family medicine. High school athletics alone account for over two million injuries, half a million physician visits, and 30,000 hospitalizations annually [1]. Growing sports specializations within adolescents has led to an increase in overuse injuries. Adults are not immune to athletic injuries. Weekend warriors commonly experience ankle injuries, knee injuries, joint dislocations, and overuse injuries in attempts to stay active. Injuries occur after an insult to bone or soft tissue structures (muscle, ligament, or tendon) producing disruption in the normal anatomy. Acute injuries usually result secondary to trauma. In contrast, chronic injuries occur as the result of overuse, usually with associated biomechanical deficiencies. Lack of appropriate rehabilitation to injuries can lead to increased injury risk in the future. While the majority of sports-related injuries occur to the axial skeleton, concussions are becoming a growing concern within our society. This chapter will discuss both general treatment options and treatment for specific athletic injuries.

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Meredith, T.J., Falk, N.P., Rennicke, J., Hornsby, H. (2020). Athletic Injuries. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0779-3_59-2

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