Conditions We Treat

At Phoenix Children’s, we take athletes’ health and safety seriously. Our athletic training team is skilled at treating and managing concussions, heat illness, sprains, strains and a wide range of sports-related conditions, including:

• Asthma attacks: A flare-up of asthma, which is the narrowing or tightening of airways in the lungs, making breathing difficult
• Cardiac events, including sudden cardiac arrest: Any condition that affects the heart, including when the heart stops beating  
• Concussions and brain injuries: A direct blow to the head that is often the result of impact with a ball or a person
• Diabetic emergencies: Occur when blood sugar levels become too high or too low
• Heat illness: Including heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke
• Sickle cell crisis: A complication of sickle cell disease, a blood disorder, which occurs when a blood vessel becomes blocked by abnormal red blood cells
• Spinal cord injuries: Often the result of a traumatic event that bruises, tears or otherwise injures the spinal cord
• Sports injuries (with referrals to Phoenix Children’s specialists as needed):
  • Ankle problems: Including sprains, strains, stress fractures and injuries to the Achilles tendon
  • Arm problems: Including UCL (ulnar collateral ligament) tears, fractures, tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow
  • Back pain: Including sprains, strains and herniated discs
  • Broken bones: Often due to falls or collisions
  • Hip problems: Including hip labral tears, bursitis, hip pointers and sports hernias
  • Knee problems: Including torn knee ligaments, meniscal tears and shin splints
  • Neck pain: Including sprains, strains, whiplash and pinched nerves
  • Shoulder problems: Including rotator cuff tears, dislocation and shoulder impingement  
  • Sprains and strains: Injuries to ligaments, muscles or tendons