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Adolescent Injuries

What are Adolescent Injuries and how are they different?

Adolescents can suffer from sprains, strains, and fractures in conjunction to more adolescent specific injuries.
Injuries can occur in the adolescent population for a variety of reasons including:

Why is it important for Adolescent injuries to be addressed:


It is important to address all injuries but even more vital in the adolescent population. Injuries can lead to time away from sport or social events, increased risk of injury recurrence, altered growth, pain into adult life or may require more invasive treatment techniques.

How are they managed?

Management of adolescent injuries can vary depending on the condition. Your physiotherapist can help address pain using manual therapy (massage, joint mobilisations, dry needing etc.), bracing/splinting, activity modification, and education. They can also provide you with a home exercise program or a gym program (if suitable), to address strength, power, coordination, or other biomechanical deficits. Your physiotherapist will also work closely with you to modify or monitor your activity load if required.
Physiotherapist can collaborate with other members of your multidisciplinary team including; paediatricians, sports doctors, psychologists, podiatrists or dieticians if deemed beneficial.

Body Chart

Head:
Concussion

Shoulder:
Shoulder Dislocation
Rotator cuff pain syndromes
Little leaguer’s Syndrome

Elbow:
Little Leaguer’s Elbow
Gymnast’s Elbow

Wrist:
Kienbock’s Disease

Back:
Bone Stress
Scheruermann’s Disease
Scoliosis

Hip:
Perthe’s Disease
SCFE (Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis) / SUFE (Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis)
Hip Dysplasia

Knee:
Sinding-Larsen-Johannsen Disease
Osgood Schlatter’s Disease
Patellofemoral Pain

Shin:
Stress Fractures / Stress Reactions
Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)

Ankle / Heel:
Sever’s Disease
Ankle Ligament injury

Foot:
Freiburg’s Disease
Kohler’s Disease
Stress Fractures / Stress Reactions

Other:
Traumatic Fractures
Stress Fractures
Muscle Sprains / tears
Ligament Sprains / tears