This concise, user-friendly guide brings together the strongest available evidence with expert recommendations to provide insight into the management of injuries to the athlete¿s spine, including controversies unique to this area. Divided into three thematic sections, this information will prove invaluable, as many of the real-world questions surrounding care do not have distinct and obvious answers. Considerations for team physician management comprises part I, including on-field assessment of spine injuries and concussion, rehabilitation and return to play, and complications and post-concussion sequelae. The second and third sections discuss injuries to the cervical spine and the thoracolumbar spine, respectively, describing injury evaluation, management, and outcomes in the elite athlete.Spine conditions have been studied extensively in the general population; however, applying this data to the elite athlete is controversial. Numerous external variables make performanceof well-designed clinical trials challenging in this population, and consequently evidence-based recommendations are lacking for the athlete¿s spine. Practical and engaging, Spinal Conditions in the Athlete will be an excellent resource for sports medicine specialists, orthopedic and neurosurgeons, and any clinician treating the active patient.

Combines the highest available evidence and expert recommendation to provide insight into treatment controversies in the athlete's spine

On-Field Assessment and Management of Spine Injuries.- Considerations for Spinal Cord Injury in the Athlete.- Rehabilitation of the Athlete's Spine .- Diagnosis and On-Field Management of Sports-Related Concussion.- Return to Play after Sports Concussion.- Persistent Post-concussion Symptoms and Long-term Sequelae.- Evaluation of Athletes with Neck or Arm Pain.- Transient Brachial Plexopathy (Stingers/Burners).- Cervical Cord Neurapraxia.- Congenital Cervical Anomalies in Athletes.- Cervical Disc Herniation in Athletes.- Cervical Stenosis in the Elite Athlete.- Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes.- Evaluation of Athletes with Back or Leg Pain.- Lumbar Disc Herniation and Degenerative Disc Disease in the Athlete.- Lumbar Disc Herniation in the Adolescent Athlete.- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in Athletes.- Traumatic Lumbar Injuries in Athletes.- Thoracic Pathology in Athletes.