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Bone stress injuries represent a progression of injuries that occur when the bones become overloaded from repetitive micro-trauma.

Fat pads are collections of closely packed fat cells encapsulated by a layer of fibrous tissue. They are quite vulnerable to injury and pain.

Shin splints is an enigmatic condition that broadly describes pain along the inside edge and/or the front of the shin bone. The medical name for this condition is Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome.

Osgood Schlatter’s disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in the adolescent athlete. It is an overuse injury common in children who are highly active.

“Runner’s knee” (or Patellofemoral pain syndrome) is one of the most common injuries afflicting the knees of active adults and adolescent. It describes diffuse pain, typically at the front of the knee, which is often worse in activities that load the knee joint.

Between 40-50% of new ankle sprains, symptoms such as the ankle feeling unstable, swelling, poor strength and balance can persist over many months. When these symptoms persist over 6 months, the injury changes from an ankle sprain into Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI).