Major Causes of Persistent Limb Pain

• Growing pains
• Fibromyalgia
• Psychosomatic disorders
• Hypermobility syndromes
• Anatomical / Overuse
  • Avascular necrosis of femoral head, Legg Calve Perthes
  • Scheuermann Disease, Kyphosis
  • Osteochondritis dessicans
  • Chondromalacia patellae
  • Fractures
  • Tendon ruptures
  • Stress fractures (Shin Splints)
• Inflammatory arthropathies (acute reactive and chronic rheumatic)
• Infectious arthropathiesand osteopathies
• Neoplastic

CHLA Board Review 2005