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Topics followed by * (asterisk) are available in Spanish. Brief versions of topics have a reading level no higher than 4th grade.

A
Abdominal muscle strain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Ace bandage
Achilles tendon injury
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration of Achilles tendon *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
ACL -- see Anterior cruciate ligament
Acromioclavicular separation (shoulder separation)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Alcohol in diet
Altitude sickness
Amenorrhea, athletic
Anabolic steroids
Anaerobic exercise
Ankle
    fracture
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    laxity, chronic
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    peroneal tendon strain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    sprain
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Anorexia nervosa
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
    reconstruction
        illustration
        text
    sprain
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of anterior cruciate ligament tear *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Arch pain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration of arches of the foot
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Arthritis
    illustration of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis *
    osteoarthritis *
Arthroscopy
    for knee
    overview
    to remove or repair damaged meniscus (knee)
Asthma, exercise-induced
Athlete's foot
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Athletic amenorrhea
Athletic pubalgia
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Athletic shoes
B   [Top]
Back
    herniated disk
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    lumbar stenosis
    pain, low back
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises *
        illustration of strained lower back muscles *
        rehabilitation exercises *
    pain, upper back
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    rhomboid muscle strain or spasm
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    scoliosis
        illustration
        text
    spinal fusion
    spinal instrumentation
    spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        illustration of spondylolisthesis *
        illustration of spondylolysis *
        rehabilitation exercises
    tailbone (coccyx) injuries
    work (ergonomics)
        exercises
            illustration
            text
        proper posture (sitting, lifting, standing)
            illustration *
            text *
Baker's cyst
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Baseball finger (mallet finger)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Biceps tendonitis
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Bicipital tendonitis -- see Biceps tendonitis
Blisters
BMI chart *
Body fat
Body mass index (BMI), chart for calculating *
Body temperature, low (hypothermia)
Bone chips (osteochondritis dissecans)
    of the elbow
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    of the knee
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
Boxer's fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Boxing
Brachial plexus injury (stinger/burner)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Brain injury, concussion *
Breaststroker's knee *
Broken ankle
    diagnosis and treatment
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Broken arm (forearm)
Broken collarbone
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
Broken nose *
Broken toe
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Broken wrist
    general
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    navicular/scaphoid fracture
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        rehabilitation exercises
            illustration
            text
Bruise
    hip pointer
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    nose *
    thigh (quadriceps contusion)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Bulimia nervosa
Bunion
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    surgery to remove (bunionectomy)
        illustration
        text
Bunionectomy
    illustration
    text
Burner/stinger (brachial plexus injury)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Bursitis
    elbow (olecranon)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    pes anserine (knee)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    prepatellar (knee)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    shoulder
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    thigh (trochanteric)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Buttocks
    gluteal strain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    piriformis syndrome
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
C   [Top]
Caffeine and athletic performance
Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever's disease)
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Calcium *
Calf strain
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Canes
    how to choose and use
    illustration, how to use
Capsulitis, adhesive (frozen shoulder)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Carpal tunnel syndrome
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Cast care *
Cauliflower ear
Charley horse *
Chondral/osteochondral fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
Chondromalacia
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Chronic ankle laxity
    diagnosis and treatment
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Circuit training
Clavicle (collarbone), fractured
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
Coccyx (tailbone) injuries
Cold injury, frostbite *
Collarbone (clavicle), broken
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration, phase I
        illustration, phase II
        text
Compartment syndrome
    in shin pain *
    overview
Concussion *
Contusion
    ear
    hip pointer
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    quadriceps (thigh)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Cooling down
Corneal abrasion
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Cortisone injection
Costochondral separation
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
Cramps
    muscle *
Cramps, muscle *
Creatine
Cross-training
Crutches, how to use
    illustration *
    text *
Cyst, Baker's
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
D   [Top]
De Quervain's tenosynovitis (thumb)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Deep heat treatment
Diathermy
Diet
    caffeine and athletic performance
    calcium *
    creatine
    disorder
        anorexia nervosa
        bulimia nervosa
    eating healthy snacks
    fluids and hydration
    food pyramid illustration *
    healthy diet
    iron
    precompetition meals
    strategies for weight gain
    strategies for weight loss
Disk, herniated
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Dislocation
    finger
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    shoulder
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, part II
        rehabilitation exercises
E   [Top]
Ear illustration *
Ear infection, ear canal (otitis externa)
Ear problems and procedures
    trauma
Eating disorder
    anorexia nervosa
    bulimia nervosa
Elastic bandage
Elbow
    bursitis (olecranon)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    medial apophysitis (Little Leaguer's elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    osteochondritis dissecans (bone chips)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    radial head fracture
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Electrical nerve stimulation
Epicondylitis
    lateral (tennis elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    medial (golfer's elbow)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Equipment
    mouth guards
    safety eyewear
Ergonomics
    exercises to do at work
        illustration
        text
    proper posture at work
        illustration *
        text *
Exercise
    (See also Rehabilitation exercises)
    after delivery
        illustration *
        overview *
        stretching and strengthening exercises *
    circuit training
    cross-training
    during pregnancy
        basic exercises
        illustration
        overview
    fitness plan
    home equipment
    in treating obesity *
    overview (starting a program, benefits)
    running or jogging
    strength training
        basics
        lower body and abdominal exercises
        upper body exercises
    stretching
        illustration
        text
    swimming and water exercise
Exercise-induced asthma
External otitis (swimmer's ear)
F   [Top]
Face shield
Fasciitis, plantar
    diagnosis and treatment *
    illustration *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Fat
    measuring body fat
Fat in healthy diet
Fatigue and jet lag
Femur fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration of femur fracture and repair
Fiber in healthy diet
Fifth metacarpal fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Fifth metatarsal fracture
    diagnosis and treatment
    illustration
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text
Finger
    dislocation
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    fracture
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    mallet/baseball
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    sprain
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    trigger
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
First aid, RICE
Fitness plan
Flexibility (stretching exercises)
Fluids and hydration
Food pyramid illustration *
Foot
    (See also Toe)
    (See also Toenail)
    arch pain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of arches of the foot
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    athlete's foot
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    blisters
    bunion
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    bunionectomy
        illustration
        text
    fracture, fifth metatarsal
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    ganglion cyst
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        removal
    metatarsalgia
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    Morton's neuroma
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    over-pronation
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of pronation
    pigeon toe
    plantar fasciitis
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    plantar warts
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    posterior tibial tendon injury
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    sesamoid injury
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    sprain
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Forearm fracture
Fracture
    ankle
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    cast care *
    chondral (osteochondral)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    clavicle (collarbone)
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase I
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises, phase II
        rehabilitation exercises
    femur
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of femur fracture and repair
    fifth metacarpal
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    fifth metatarsal
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    finger
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    forearm
    illustration, types of
    navicular (scaphoid)
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    nose *
    pelvic avulsion
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
    radial head
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
    spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        illustration of spondylolisthesis *
        illustration of spondylolysis *
        rehabilitation exercises
    stress
        diagnosis and treatment *
        illustration *
    toe
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration
        rehabilitation exercises
            illustration
            text
    treatment
    wrist
        diagnosis and treatment
        illustration of rehabilitation exercises
        rehabilitation exercises
Frostbite *
Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
    diagnosis and treatment *
    rehabilitation exercises
        illustration
        text

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