What is bursitis? It is a common condition that causes swelling and pain around muscles and bones.

Fibromyalgia

What is fibromyalgia? It is a long-lasting or chronic disorder that causes muscle pain and fatigue (feeling tired).

Fibrous Dysplasia

What is fibrous dysplasia? It happens when healthy bone is replaced with other types of tissue. Bones may become weak or oddly shaped, or they may even break.

Growth Plate Injuries

Injuries to the growth plate happen when a break or fracture develops near or at the end of a long bone.

Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue

There are more than 200 heritable disorders of connective tissue, and they are related to problems in genes responsible for building connective tissues.

Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip replacement surgery removes damaged or diseased parts of a hip joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts.

Joint Replacement Surgery

Joint replacement surgery removes damaged or diseased parts of a joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts.

Knee Problems

Knee problems happen when you injure or develop disease in your knee and it can’t do its job.

Marfan Syndrome

What is Marfan syndrome? It is a disorder that affects connective tissue, which supports many parts of your body. Marfan is often a genetic disease.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

What is osteogenesis imperfecta? It is a genetic disease, also called brittle bone disease, that causes bones to be weak and break easily.

Osteonecrosis

What is osteonecrosis? It is a bone disease that results from the loss of blood supply. Without blood, the bone tissue dies, causing the bone to collapse.

Osteoporosis

What is osteoporosis? It is a disease in which your bones become weak and are more likely to break. There are no symptoms until a bone breaks.

Paget’s Disease of Bone

What is Paget’s disease? It is a disorder that causes bones to grow too large and weaken. You can have Paget’s disease in any bones in your body.

Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents

What is scoliosis? It is a disorder causing a sideways curve of the spine. Curves are often S- or C-shaped. In most people, there is no known cause for this curve.

Shoulder Problems

Most shoulder problems happen when soft tissues in the shoulder region break down. The various causes and symptoms depend on the type of shoulder problem.

Spinal Stenosis

What is spinal stenosis? It is the narrowing of the spine. This narrowing puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves and can cause pain.

Sports Injuries

Sports injuries are injuries that happen when playing sports or exercising. There are two kinds of sports injuries: acute and chronic.

Sports Injuries in Youth: A Guide for Parents

Parents learn about common sports injuries among youth and the ways to prevent such injuries from happening.

Sprains and Strains

A sprain is an injury to a ligament (tissue that connects bones). A strain is an injury to a muscle or tendon (cords of tissue connecting muscle to bone).

Tendinitis

What is tendinitis? It is swelling and pain in a joint usually caused by repeated injuries to a tendon, the part of the joint that connects muscles to bones.