A pronounced inward curving of the lower back or lumbar spine.
Lordosis
Golfer's elbow is inflammation near the...
Inflammation of the protective membrane lining the brain, often caused by infection.
Meningitis
A loss of bone density due to age or malnutrition.
Osteoporosis
This form of arthritis is caused by bacteria carried by a deer tick.
Lyme disease
A cervical injury caused when the head moves back and forth violently, as in a car crash, is called...
Whiplash
Another name for Lateral Epicondylitis.
Tennis elbow
An inflammation of the fibrous tissue along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes.
Plantar fasciitis
A breakdown of cartilage on the underside of the kneecap that causes pain in the front of the knee.
Chondromalacia patellae
Arthritis caused by the accumulation of uric acid crystals, usually in the base of the great toe.
Gout
A lateral curvature of the spine.
Scoliosis
Frozen shoulder
Caused by patellar tendinitis at the tibial tuberosity occurring in immature bone.
Osgood-Schlatter disease
A “bible cyst” which appears along the tendons of hands or feet most often.
Ganglion cyst
Arthritis caused by an autoimmune disorder which attacks synovial membranes.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Paraplegia
The most common type of Tenosynovitis is called...
De Quervain Tenosynovitis
Sprain
A broken bone is called...
A fracture
The most common kind of arthritis, usually seen in older adults.
Osteoarthritis
An excessive forward rounding of the upper back.
Kyphosis
Medial tibia stress syndrome is more often called...
Shin splints
An inflammatory disease that, over time, can cause some of the bones in the spine, called vertebrae, to fuse.
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Demineralization of mature bones which causes them to be soft, flexible, and deformed.
Osteomalacia
Osteoarthritis when seen in the spine affects intervertebral discs and joints. This is called...
Spondylosis