Chronic Injuries and Conditions
The evaluation and treatment of chronic, overuse athletic injuries is one of the most universal concerns in sports medicine today. Overuse sports injuries outnumber acute injuries in almost every athletic activity.
Chronic sports injuries are most commonly caused by poor training methods, structural abnormalities, and muscular weakness or imbalances.
Injury Prevention
- Prevention of Pediatric Overuse Injuries
- Best Practice Recommendations for Youth Sports Leagues
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Preventing Sports-Related Injuries
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Learn It, Share It, Go For It, Preventing Overuse Injuries
- ACSM Fit Society: Youth Sports and Physical Activity (pdf)
- The Young Athlete: Challenges of Growth, Development, and Society
- CDC: Sports Safety
- CDC HEADS UP to Youth Sports
Osteoarthritis
NATA Resources
Additional Position/Consensus Statements
- The Role of Athletic Trainers in Preventing and Managing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis in Physically Active Populations: a consensus statement of the Athletic Trainers’ Osteoarthritis Consortium (pdf)
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Consensus Opinion - Best Practice Features of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Lower Limb Injury Prevention Programs
- OARSI Guidelines for the Non-Surgical Management of Knee Osteoarthritis (pdf)
- American College of Rheumatology 2012 Recommendations for the Use of Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Therapies in Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee (pdf)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon – Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip
Additional Resources
- Practical Pain Management: Chronic Overuse Sports Injuries
- A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis
- Athletic Trainers’ Osteoarthritis Consortium
- Osteoarthritis | Basics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ATOAC Webinar Series
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Lunch and Learn Webinars
- Experts in Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Resources
Pediatric Considerations
NATA Position Statements
NATA Resources
- The Epidemiology of Overuse Conditions in Youth FB and High School FB players
- Understanding Athlete Burnout and Mental Health Infographic
) - NATA Now Blog: Burnout in Athletes
- The Power of Sleep Infographic (pdf)
Stress Injuries
Nata resources
- JAT: the epidemiology of stress fracture in collegiate student athletes
- JAT: risk factors for mtss in active individuals
- Shin splints/stress fracture infographic
- The risk of overuse injuries infographic
Additional resources
- aaos stress fractures
- aofas stress fracture
- acsm sports medicine basics: stress fractures
- acsm: stress fractures in the female athlete
- sports health: stress fracture treatment and prevention
- sports health: don't miss the signs of a stress fracture
- sports health: prevent stress fractures
Other Medical Conditions
Diabetes
NATA Position Statements
NATA Resources
Additional Position/Consensus Statements
- ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes
- ACSM and ADA Joint Position Statement on Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes'
Additional Resources
- CDC: Physical Activity and Diabetes
- CDC: Type 2 Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Basics
- American Diabetes Association
- American Diabetes Association: Children and Type 2 Diabetes
- ADA: Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes Mellitus
Osteoporosis
Additional Resources
- Sports Med Today: Exercise and Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis and Exercise(pdf)
- ACSM: Exercise for Osteoporosis Prevention
- American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Osteoporosis and exercise.
- Prescription4Exercise: Osteoporosis Recommendation
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: Exercise Recommendations
- ACSM's Certified News: Women's Health: The Best Strength Training Program for Osteoporosis Prevention (pdf)
- ACSM: Exercising with Osteoporosis: Prescription for Health
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Additional Resources
- Experts in Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Arthritis (pdf)
- Treating the Athlete: New Thoughts on How to Prevent & Treat Arthritis in Athletes & Raise Their Awareness
- Arthritis Foundation: Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation
- American College of Rheumatology: Exercise and Arthritis
- Exercising with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Additional Resources/Position Statements
Burnout
- ACSM Health and Fitness: Overtraining in Young Athletes. How much is too much?
- AMSSM Position Statement: Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Youth Sports, 2014
Sport Specialization
- NSCA: Early Sport Specialization vs Diversification in Youth Athletes
- US Youth Soccer: Are Kids Specializing in Sports too early?
- Early Sport Specialization: Roots, Effectiveness, Risks
Sleep
- NCAA: Sleep and Performance
- NYSHSI: How Important is Sleep for My Young Athlete
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute: Sleep and Athletes
- NFHS: Sleep. An Underrated Player in Athletic Performance