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Jason Pirozzolo, D.O., C.S.C.S.



Sports Medicine Advisor Index


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Topics followed by * (asterisk) are available in Spanish. Brief versions of topics have a reading level no higher than 4th grade.

 

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P   [Top]
Patellar (kneecap) subluxation
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Patellar malalignment
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Patellar tendonitis (jumper's knee)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (runner's knee)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Pelvic avulsion fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Peroneal tendon strain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Pes anserine (knee) bursitis
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Physical therapy
Piriformis syndrome
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Plantar fasciitis
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Plantar warts
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Posterior cruciate ligament sprain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration of posterior cruciate ligament tear
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Posterior tibial tendonitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Posture (sitting, standing, lifting)
    illustration
    text
Precompetition meals
Pregnancy, exercise during
Prepatellar (knee) bursitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Pronation, over-
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Protein in healthy diet
Pubic symphysitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Pulled muscle -- see Strain
                                        
Q   [Top]
Quadriceps (thigh) contusion and strain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
                                        
R   [Top]
Radial head fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Rehabilitation exercises
    abdominal muscle strain
        illustration
        text
    Achilles tendon injury
        illustration
        text
    ankle fracture
        illustration
        text
    ankle laxity, chronic
        illustration
        text
    ankle sprain
        illustration
        text
    anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) sprain
        illustration
        text
    arch pain
        illustration
        text
    biceps tendonitis
        illustration
        text
    brachial plexus injury (stinger/burner)
        illustration
        text
    broken collarbone (fractured clavicle)
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
    calf strain
        illustration
        text
    carpal tunnel syndrome
        illustration
        text
    de Quervain's tenosynovitis
        illustration
        text
    dislocated shoulder
        illustration, part I
        illustration, part II
        text
    fifth metacarpal fracture
        illustration
        text
    fifth metatarsal fracture
        illustration
        text
    finger dislocation
        illustration
        text
    finger fracture
        illustration
        text
    finger sprain
        illustration
        text
    foot sprain
        illustration
        text
    frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
        illustration
        text
    gluteal strain
        illustration
        text
    groin strain
        illustration
        text
    hamstring strain
        illustration
        text
    herniated disk
        illustration
        text
    hip flexor strain
        illustration
        text
    iliotibial band syndrome
        illustration
        text
    lateral collateral ligament sprain
        illustration
        text
    lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
        illustration
        text
    Little Leaguer's elbow (medial apophysitis)
        illustration
        text
    low back pain
        illustration *
        text *
    mallet finger (baseball finger)
        illustration
        text
    medial collateral ligament sprain
        illustration
        text
    medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow)
        illustration
        text
    meniscal (cartilage) tear
        illustration
        text
    navicular (scaphoid) fracture
        illustration
        text
    neck spasm
        illustration
        text
    neck strain
        illustration
        text
    Osgood-Schlatter disease
        illustration
        text
    patellar (kneecap) subluxation
        illustration
        text
    patellar tendonitis (jumper's knee)
        illustration
        text
    patellofemoral pain syndrome (runner's knee)
        illustration
        text
    peroneal tendon strain
        illustration
        text
    pes anserine (knee) bursitis
        illustration
        text
    piriformis syndrome
        illustration
        text
    plantar fasciitis
        illustration
        text
    posterior cruciate ligament sprain
        illustration
        text
    Posterior tibial tendon injury
        text
    posterior tibial tendonitis
        illustration
    prepatellar (knee) bursitis
        illustration
        text
    quadriceps contusion (thigh bruise) and strain
        illustration
        text
    radial head fracture
        illustration
        text
    rhomboid muscle strain or spasm
        illustration
        text
    rotator cuff injury
        illustration
        text
    shin pain (shin splints)
        illustration
        text
    shoulder bursitis
        illustration
        text
    shoulder separation
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
    shoulder subluxation
        illustration, part I
        illustration, part II
        text
    snapping hip syndrome
        illustration
        text
    spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis
        illustration
        text
    sternoclavicular joint separation
        illustration
        text
    triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries
        illustration
        text
    triceps tendonitis
        illustration
        text
    trochanteric bursitis
        illustration
        text
    ulnar collateral ligament sprain (skier's thumb)
        illustration
        text
    ulnar neuropathy (handlebar palsy)
        illustration
        text
    upper back pain
        illustration
        text
    wrist sprain
        illustration
        text
    wrist tendonitis
        illustration
        text
Rheumatoid arthritis, illustration *
Rhomboid muscle strain or spasm
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Rib injury
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Rotator cuff injury
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration of rotator cuff *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Runner's knee (patellofemoral pain syndrome)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Running shoes, how to choose
    illustration
    text
Ruptured disk
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
                                        
S   [Top]
Sacroiliac pain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Salt/sodium in healthy diet
Scaphoid (navicular) fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Sciatica
    illustration
    in piriformis syndrome *
Scoliosis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Separation
    costochondral
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    shoulder
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase II
        rehabilitation exercises
Sever's disease (calcaneal apophysitis)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Shin pain (shin splints)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Shoes, running
    how to choose
    illustration
Shoulder
    biceps tendonitis
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    bursitis
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    dislocation
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part II
        rehabilitation exercises
    frozen (adhesive capsulitis)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    labral tear
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    rotator cuff injury
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        illustration of rotator cuff *
        rehabilitation exercises
    separation
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase II
        rehabilitation exercises
    sternoclavicular joint separation
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    subluxation
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part II
        rehabilitation exercises
Skier's thumb (ulnar collateral ligament sprain)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Skin
    athlete's foot
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    herpes gladiatorum
    impetigo
    plantar warts
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
Sling
Snacks, healthy
Snapping hip syndrome
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Spasm
    neck
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of neck spasm *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    rhomboid muscle
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Spasms, muscle *
Spine -- see Back
Spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration of spondylolisthesis *
    illustration of spondylolysis *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Sports hernia
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Sprain
    ankle
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of anterior cruciate ligament tear *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    finger
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    foot
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    general information *
    lateral collateral ligament
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of lateral collateral ligament tear
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    medial collateral ligament
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of medial collateral ligament tear *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    posterior cruciate ligament
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of posterior cruciate ligament tear
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    ulnar collateral ligament (skier's thumb)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    wrist
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Stenosing tenosynovitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Sternoclavicular joint separation
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Steroids
    anabolic
    cortisone injection
Stinger/burner (brachial plexus injury)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Strain
    abdominal muscle
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    calf
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    gluteal
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    groin
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    hamstring
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    hip flexor
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    muscle *
    neck
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    peroneal tendon
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    quadriceps (thigh)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    rhomboid muscle
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Stress fracture
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Subluxation
    patellar (kneecap)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    shoulder
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part II
        rehabilitation exercises
Supination, illustration
Swimmer's ear
                                        
T   [Top]
Tailbone (coccyx) injuries
Tendinitis -- see Tendonitis
Tendonitis
    Achilles
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    biceps
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    hip flexor strain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    patellar (jumper's knee)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    posterior tibial
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    triceps
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    wrist
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    wrist extensor (lateral epicondylitis/tennis elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    wrist flexor (medial epicondylitis/golfer's elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Tenosynovitis, de Quervain's
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Tenosynovitis, stenosing
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Therapy, physical
Thigh
    bruise (quadriceps contusion) and strain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    fracture
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of femur fracture and repair
    hamstring strain
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    trochanteric bursitis
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Thumb
    ulnar collateral ligament sprain (skier's thumb)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Tinea pedis (athlete's foot)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Toe, turf
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Toenail, ingrown
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Traction (physical therapy)
Triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration of triangular fibrocartilage complex
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Triceps tendonitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Trigger finger
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Trochanteric bursitis
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Turf toe
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
                                        
U   [Top]
Ulnar collateral ligament sprain (skier's thumb)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Ulnar neuropathy (handlebar palsy)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Ultrasound (physical therapy)
Upper back pain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
                                        
V   [Top]
Vitamins and minerals in healthy diet
Volkmann's contracture
                                        
W   [Top]
Warts, plantar
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Weight
    role of exercise in treating obesity *
    strategies for gaining
    strategies for losing
Work
    exercises to do at
        illustration
        text
    proper back position (ergonomics)
        illustration
        text
Wrist
    carpal tunnel syndrome
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    fracture
        navicular (scaphoid) fracture
            diagnosis and treatment
            illustration
            illustration of rehabilitation exercises
            rehabilitation exercises
        overview
    ganglion cyst
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        removal
    sprain
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    tendonitis
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        illustration of triangular fibrocartilage complex
        rehabilitation exercises
Wrist extensor tendonitis -- see Lateral epicondylitis
Wrist flexor tendonitis -- see Medial epicondylitis
                                        

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