Dr. Geraci recently Chaired the North American Spine Society (NASS) mid year meeting and he spoke on the Differential Diagnosis of Sports-Related Spine Injuries in Young Athletes. Although orthopedic literature states that the most common spine injuries are bones with stress fractures, Dr. Geracis research review of 565 consecutive cases of back pain in 12-21 year old athletes found disc herniations to be the #1 injury, followed by stress fractures. Strains and sprains are even more common, however, athletes do not often seek medical attention for these types of injuries.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:55:15 +0000