Case A 26-year-old male professional football player presents after a ‘stretch’ type injury to his right hamstring. He experienced immediate pain and was unable to continue. Over the next 24 hours he developed extensive bruising over his posterior thigh. There was a palpable defect in the proximal tendon. Findings X-ray images of the hip and [...]

Case A 48-year-old male recreational football player presents with a three-month history of right shoulder pain. The pain is felt in the deltoid region and has been aggravated by overhead activity. He cannot identify a clear precipitant. On examination he was found to have a painful arc and positive rotator cuff impingement signs. The most [...]

Case This 24-year-old female football player presented with a long history of activity-related anterior knee pain. The pain was vague and poorly localised. It was typically aggravated by running, sitting for prolonged periods and by going down stairs. She had not noted any swelling, mechanical symptoms or instability. On examination she had poor single-leg stability, [...]

Case An eighteen-year-old football player presented with an insidious onset of localised lateral foot pain. He had recently started playing with his club’s first team and had increased his training volume. He was found to have localised tenderness over the lateral mid-foot and pain with resisted ankle eversion Findings X-ray images showed bilateral os peronei. [...]

Case A 20-year-old male player suffered an injury to his left rectus femoris while kicking a ball eight weeks ago. He was able to continue playing in the game and did not seek medical attention despite pain and swelling in the quadriceps region. He continued to practice the following week and his symptoms were improving [...]