TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Sports Injuries A1 - Borg-Stein, Joanne A1 - Luz, Jennifer A1 - Serels, Anna A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Wootton, R. Joshua A2 - Warfield, Carol A. PY - 2016 T2 - Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e AB - As our knowledge increases regarding the health benefits of exercise, more and more people attempt to stay healthy and physically fit with sports-related activities. As a result, sports injuries are no longer confined to a small group of competitive athletes but affect an ever-growing segment of the population. Improper training techniques, overambitious routines, and the use of faulty equipment have led to an increase in sports injuries (especially overuse injuries) and result in pain. In the pediatric population, children engage in highly competitive sports with training schedules that put them at increased risk for injury. Elite athletes, under the pressure of commercial interests and more widely applied knowledge about exercise physiology and training methods, are driven to greater extremes in order to gain small but significant advantages over the competition. This has led to overambitious workouts with inadequate rest periods. Many athletes suffer from chronic pain and injury as a result. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/09 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131935171 ER -