Basketball Injuries and Conditions

As the Official Hospital of the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, as well as many other professional sports organizations in the New York area, HSS is well equipped to handle both surgical and nonsurgical sports injuries. For athletes, the first line of defense should be injury prevention, which includes basketball exercises and drills, along with using the proper equipment to support the ankles and feet while playing. Please review our basketball-related articles below for more information.

Common injuries

Basketball players have one of the highest injury rates out of all the contact sports. While there are fewer collisions like in football or hockey, the agility and movement required in the game can lead to lower body injuries in the knee, ankle and foot. The most common injuries for both men and women are:

Basketball articles

• ACL Injuries: Partial and Complete Tears of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
• Advice on Custom Orthotics from Nonsurgical Foot Specialists
• Chronic Achilles Tendon Inflammation and Degeneration Injuries
• Fast Food Tips For Athletes
• Groin Pain in the Adolescent Athlete
• How to Avoid Injuries to Your Rotator Cuff: Impingement Syndrome
• Jones Fractures of the Foot
• Osteonecrosis of the Knee: An Overview
• Outdoor Sports and Hip Injuries
• Patellofemoral Disorders: An Overview
• Patellofemoral Instability
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Rotator Cuff Surgery: Arthroscopic Repair of a Torn Rotator Cuff
• Shoulder Labrum Tears: An Overview
• Sports Injuries of the Hand, Wrist and Elbow
• The High Ankle Sprain: What's the Difference?
• The Sports Hernia