Conditions We Treat in Female Athletes
Our expert team of Stanford Medicine specialists care for athletes of all ages and treat a variety of sports-related conditions, including:
- Amenorrhea (lack of menstrual periods)
- Avulsion fractures—when a small piece of bone attached to a ligament or tendon is pulled away from the rest of the bone
- Disordered eating, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
- Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)— when extra bone grows along one or both of the bones that form the hip joint, causing the bones to rub against each other
- Hip dysplasia
- Knee injuries
- Low bone density
- Overuse/overtraining
- Shoulder instability
- Snapping hip
- Spondylolysis (a stress fracture of the bone that connects two vertebrae)
- Sports-related concussions and sport safety
- Stress fractures
