This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will cover the Spine in Sports Medicine. Guest edited by Drs. Francis H. Shen and Adam Shimer, this issue will discuss a number of related topics that are important to practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller. The volume will include articles on: Spine Injury Prevention, On field management of suspected Spine injury, Transient Quadrapresis and cervical neuropraxia, Lumbosacral spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, Axial Low Back Pain in elite Athletes, Lumbar disk herniations and radiculopathy, Cervical disk herniations, radiculopathy and myelopathy, Spinal deformities in the adolescent athlete, Return to play criteria for cervical and lumbar spine conditions, and Spine care in the aging athlete, among others.

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will cover the Spine in Sports Medicine. Guest edited by Drs. Francis H. Shen and Adam Shimer, this issue will discuss a number of related topics that are important to practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller. The volume will include articles on: Spine Injury Prevention, On field management of suspected Spine injury, Transient Quadrapresis and cervical neuropraxia, Lumbosacral spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, Axial Low Back Pain in elite Athletes, Lumbar disk herniations and radiculopathy, Cervical disk herniations, radiculopathy and myelopathy, Spinal deformities in the adolescent athlete, Return to play criteria for cervical and lumbar spine conditions, and Spine care in the aging athlete, among others.

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Drs. Lyle Micheli and Pierre d'Hemecourt, focuses on Spinal Injuries in the Athlete. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Throwing Athletes, Rotational Sports and Contact-collision); Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Dance, Figure Skating and Gymnastics); Back Pain in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete; Spinal Deformity and Congenital Abnormalities; The Young Adult Spine; The Aging Spine; Thoraco-lumbar Spine: Trauma and spinal deformity: Indications for Surgical Fusion and Return to Play Criteria; Overview of spinal interventions; Congenital and Acute Cervical Spine injuries with Return to Play Criteria; Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease; Spinal cord abnormalities; Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Diseases of the Spine; and Spinal tumors.

In this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, guest editor Dr. Ashley M. Shilling brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sports Anesthesia. Top experts in the field focus on anesthesia approaches specifically for athletes and orthopaedic sports injuries, including unique medical considerations, pain management tactics for athletes, and more. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including anesthesia for the patient undergoing hip arthroscopy; local anesthetics, liposomal anesthetics, and toxicity; pain management in the elite athlete; managing the complex pain patient through total joint arthroplasty; managing chronic pain following total joint arthroplasty; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on sports anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This issue is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary state-of-the-art review focusing on the athlete as a whole. The articles explore the impact of excessive activity, new therapies and performance enhancement interventions on the musculoskeletal, neurological and psychological aspects of the athlete.

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will discuss Sports Medicine Imaging. Guest edited by Drs. Jennifer Pierce and Nicholas C. Nacey, this issue will discuss a number of related topics that are important to practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller. The volume will include articles on: Imaging of Stress Injuries, Wrist and Hand Trauma, Shoulder Instability, Imaging of Elbow Injuries, Pediatric Sports Injuries, Ultrasound in Sports Injuries, Imaging of Turf Toe, Ligamentous Injuries of the Ankle, Imaging of Patellofemoral Instability, Knee Cartilage Imaging, and Knee Ligament Imaging, among others.

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice features expert clinical reviews on Sports Medicine which includes current information on updates, advances, and controversies, on topics such as the evaluation and treatment of head injuries, neck injuries, back injuries in the adult and pediatric athletic population, foot and ankle injuries, knee injuries, hip and groin injuries, shoulder injuries, elbow injuries, hand and wrist injuries, overuse injuries, sports nutrition, and ergogenic aids.