Nandrolone decanoate also known as Nandrolone is a synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone. Nandrolone is used to treat bone pain caused by osteoporosis. It stimulates growth of bones and also increases muscle mass. Nandrolone is also...
Human growth hormone can be used to treat short stature in children and has shown promise as a treatment for conditions such as Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. However, growth hormone therapy has side effects that can affect a patient's...
Children are susceptible to hip pain, either due to genetic conditions or trauma. Many of these conditions are self limiting, but others are serious and require medical attention. Diagnosing any type of pain in children can e difficult, due to...
Approximately 18 percent of teens 12 to 19 years of age are obese, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007--2008. That's more than three times the number in 1980. This sharp increase is a major concern because of the...
Osteochondroses are a class of diseases characterized by death of bone followed by full regeneration. There are a wide variety of diseases classified under this definition and symptoms primarily depend on the bone involved. Physicians can usually...
Pediatric bone scans are used to identify and diagnose bone diseases and disorders in children that do not typically show up on typical X-rays. Bone scans are performed on children who present to the doctor with growth retardation, bone pain or...
A question that concerned parents often wonder about is whether their child's growth will be stunted by lifting free weights. Up until recently, due to lack of scientific evidence, this was perhaps a valid concern. Fortunately, in the past few...
The constant rotations on the bars, the series of swings on the rings and repeated dismounts from any piece of equipment cause wear and tear on a gymnast's body, especially the hands and feet. Gymnasts commonly tape their hands and feet to prevent...
Resistance training for children was once discouraged by health professionals because of a perceived potential injury to growth plates. However, a growing body of evidence shows that a well-designed, professionally supervised weight lifting...
Not all joints move. By definition, a joint is the point where two or more bones meet. The design of most joints allows for mobility, while a few others remain stationary. Joints that move have specific types of movements they can perform. These...
Children's Hospital Boston describes a simple, or unicameral, bone cyst as a cavity filled with fluid and lined with fibrous tissue. In children 5 to 15 years old, it is usually found in the long bones such as the femur or humerus; in adults, it...
The bars are killer on a gymnast's hands and wrists; that's why routines last less than a minute. "Even if you had the strength and endurance to stay up there longer than a minute, you couldn't because your hands would burn up," says United States...
According to "Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary," broken bones fall in any of 245 different categories. That includes fractures of the skull, spine, fingers and toes. The most common fractures occur in the long bones of the body, such...
Human growth is based on biological events that cause you to grow physically that naturally occur during the early stages of your life. Developmental growth, however, is the product of psychological and social growth, emphasized by environmental...
There are generally two types of sports injuries. An acute traumatic injury that happens as a result of a singular event. Examples of these types of sports injuries are a fracture, bruise, sprain, strain, or laceration. The second type of sports...
According to the National Cancer Institute, bone cancer accounts for less than one percent of all cancers. While the exact cause of bone cancer remains a mystery, several factors have been associated with a heightened risk for developing the...
Football regularly features head-to-head physical contact. The running, jumping and collisions experienced by a football player increases the risk of hip injury. The risk of hip injury is magnified in adolescent football players because their...
Hormone imbalances happen when the endocrine glands overproduce or underproduce certain hormones. These imbalances may occur as a result of tumors in the organs that produce them or when the body attacks and destroys hormone-producing glands....
The elbow joint is made up of the arm bone, or humerus, and the radius and ulna bones of the forearm. Injuries to these bones, the protective cushions, the ligaments holding the bones together, or the muscles crossing the bones reduce a person's...
Prolactin is a hormone that is produced in the pituitary gland, along with growth hormone. These two hormones have different functions and therefore affect the body differently. The pituitary gland is located in the brain and can be affected by...
Cycling provides numerous benefits, including improvements to your cardiovascular health and endurance. Cycling promotes muscular endurance while burning fat. Neither cycling nor any other form of endurance exercise will have a negative effect on...
Weight training, often termed resistance training, is a great way to improve strength and prevent injuries in preadolescent and adolescent youths participating in sports. Both boys and girls see significant improvements in strength (some a 30 to...
Testosterone is a hormone responsible for male characteristics. It is also a cancer-fighting treatment and an anabolic steroid. Testosterone is used as an androgen hormone replacement for male patients experiencing delayed puberty. In women,...
Powerlifting is a sport like any other, and the age at which a child should begin is up to the parent to decide. While powerlifting is safer than many sports -- with a lower injury rate than many sports children participate in, safety should still...
Human growth hormone (hGH) is a protein-based polypeptide hormone naturally produced in the body. Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and affects the growth of all tissues by stimulating the release of insulin-like...
The main endocrine glands in the body are the thyroid, adrenal, pituitary and thymus glands as well as the pancreas, ovaries and testes. Hormones are chemical substances that elicit certain responses from particular organs. They are secreted into...
Weight lifting will not stunt your growth, although this myth has persisted for no apparent reason and refuses to go away. Lifting is an extremely safe activity and promotes increases in bone density, which can actually reduce the risk of injury...
According to the National Strength and Conditioning Association, weight lifting is often falsely believed to have harmful effects on children's growth. The association actually believes that weight lifting can be quite safe for children and is...
When you pitch or bat while playing softball you place considerable stress on your shoulders. This stress can trigger the onset of painful inflammation or tearing of the structures in your shoulder joints. Children and teenagers can develop...
