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SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WILL EXPERIENCE NECK PAIN (NP) AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME. ALTHOUGH THE ETIOLOGY OF NP IS MULTIFACTORIAL, DISCOGENIC PATHOLOGY HAS BEEN IMPLICATED AS A COMMON SOURCE OF SYMPTOMS. MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SEEK CONSERVATIVE CARE THAT REQUIRES LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES EXTENDING BEYOND FORMAL REHABILITATION. THUS, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING SPECIALISTS MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN AN OPPORTUNE POSITION TO GUIDE CLIENTS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF PREMORBID ACTIVITY LEVELS. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF DISCOGENIC PATHOLOGY AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON POST-REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDING EXERCISE PROGRAMMING, PRECAUTIONS, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION. FOR A VIDEO ABSTRACT OF THIS ARTICLE, SEE SUPPLEMENTAL DIGITAL CONTENT 1 (SEE VIDEO, http://links.lww.com/SCJ/A196).

ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY (AT) IS A CONDITION WHEREBY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE PAIN AND IMPAIRMENTS AS A RESULT OF PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES AT THE ACHILLES TENDON AND NEIGHBORING TISSUES. THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES AN EVIDENCE-BASED OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SEQUELA ASSOCIATED WITH AT. THE EVIDENCE UNDERPINNING MORE COMMON TREATMENTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS, IS PRESENTED IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE IMPAIRMENT SEQUELA AND GUIDE SPORTS MEDICINE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR CHOICE OF TREATMENTS FOR AT.

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