Speeding Up Time: An Old Back in a Young Athlete

Authors

Carey Wagoner, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Greg Canty, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

4-2024

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Abstract

Case of a 16 year old female competitive dancer with chronic back pain. Previous diagnosis of mechanical low back pain being treated by PT without improvement. Further workup demonstrated bilateral spinal synovial cysts at L4/L5 facet joints. Patient underwent IR guided aspiration and steroid injection with resolution of her symptoms and ultimately returned to dance.

Disciplines

Pediatrics | Sports Medicine

Notes

Presented at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) 2024 Annual Meeting; April 12 - 17, 2024; Baltimore, MD.

Recommended Citation

Wagoner, Carey and Canty, Greg, "Speeding Up Time: An Old Back in a Young Athlete" (2024). Posters. 385.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/385