Degenerative Disorders
Sports Injuries
Inflammatory Disorders
Metabolic Bone Disorders
Neuromuscular Disorders
100

This type of arthritis involves slow, progressive degeneration of cartilage within a joint

What is Osteoarthritis?

100

The most commonly torn ligament in the knee.

What is Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)?

100

Tick borne disease that is most cases presents with bull's eye rash

What is Lyme Disease?
100

This bone disease is the most common cause of vertebral compression fractures.

What is Osteoporosis?

100

Symptoms of this disease include burning, numbness, tingling, pain from light touch.

What is Peripheral Neuropathy?

200

Back & neck pain are the most common regions for this disease process to occur.

What is Degenerative Disc Disease?
200

An injury seen in athletes caused by rotating on a planted foot or a hit to the knee from the outside 

What is Meniscus Tear?

200

If a patient has a diagnosis of gout, you may see this medication prescribed.

What is Colchicine?

200

Patients with osteoporosis are encouraged to increase diet intake rich in these two components.

What are Calcium & Vitamin D?
200

This autoimmune disease affects the Central Nervous System.

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

300

Signs & symptoms of receding gum line, decreased grip strength, change in posture, fractures cause by minor accidents are associated with this bone disease.

What is Osteoporosis?

300

Injury commonly seen in overhead laborers, baseball pitchers, weight lifters/pressing.

What is Rotator Cuff Tendonitis?

300
This disorder can occur when strep throat or scarlet fever is not treated.

What is Rheumatic fever?

300

While estrogen is used to prevent osteoporosis, this disease process is now increased.

What is Breast Cancer?

300

This autoimmune disorder affects the muscles, causing auto-antibodies to destroy receptors and prevent the muscle from contracting.

What is Myasthenia Gravis?

400

Tendinosis in severe cases can cause tendon rupture to occur, particularly more frequently in this tendon.

What is Achilles?

400

Skiing injuries see a high volume of this type of ligament tear.

What is Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL)?

400

Autoimmune disease that creates antigens that attack tissues within the body.

What is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)?

400

Kidney stones are a common complication of this disorder of the endocrine system.

What is Hyperparathyroidism? (too much parathyroid hormone in blood = too much calcium)

400

This inherited genetic disorder can mutations that affect peripheral nerve function, and can impair movement & sensation.

What is Charcot - Marie - Tooth Disease?

500

Disease caused by pathological bone remodeling.

What is Paget's?

500

Injury commonly seen in throwers (baseball or track & field) due to the force behind the throwing motion.

What is Ulnar Collateral Ligament Sprain (UCL)?

500

Chronic inflammatory condition with unknown etiology.

What is Fibromyalgia?

500
Disease which bones are not properly mineralized and cause "soft" bones in adults (rickets in children).
What is Osteomalacia?
500

Signs and symptoms of this disease include: weakness in facial muscles, weakness in limb/hand muscles, slow relaxation of a muscle following normal muscle contraction.

What is Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy?