Month: July 2019

Bilateral thigh muscle injuries

31 July 2019 8 comments

Case This 28 year-old elite football player presents with pain in both thighs after a single sliding tackle. As he was making the tackle he reports flexing his right knee while at the same time fully extending the left one. As he was doing this he felt sharp pain in the middle of the right [...]

Distal biceps tendon rupture

25 July 2019 1 comment

Case This 48-year-old male goalkeeper coach presents following an acute injury to his dominant right elbow. He describes reaching out to stop a shot with his right hand. He felt acute pain and a popping sensation in his anterior elbow. The following day he developed quite extensive bruising over his antecubital fossa. In addition to [...]

Playing football is an effective treatment for hypertension (and other non-communicable diseases)

24 July 2019 5 comments

This systematic review and meta-analysis from the BJSM analyses the literature relating to football as a treatment for non-communicable diseases1. It has demonstrated compelling evidence relating to the treatment of hypertension – as well as evidence relating other conditions including obesity and elevated cholesterol. The systematic review identified a total of 31 papers that met [...]

Cervical facet arthropathy

18 July 2019 2 comments

Case This 48-year-old male football coach presents with a four-month history of neck pain. He descried a minor ‘whiplash’ injury when he headed a ball. While this was only mildly uncomfortable at the time, his neck has remained painful since. His symptoms are slowly deteriorating and were waking him from sleep at times. The pain [...]

Shoulder instability

11 July 2019 2 comments

Case This 16-year-old right handed female player presents with a history of recurring shoulder dislocations. She describes up to eight incidents where her shoulder has dislocated. On each occasion the shoulder has spontaneously reduced within one minute. The injuries appear to be happening with reducing force – but have always occurred during football. On examination [...]

Activity and load modification is a successful treatment for patellofemoral pain in adolescents

10 July 2019 3 comments

Patellofemoral pain (PFP) has a relatively high prevalence in adolescent footballers, and the problem can be persistent and debilitating. Repetitive loading of the knee joint through training or game play, with insufficient recovery time can occur with team players. This prospective study evaluated a 12-week intervention (which included activity modification and reduced patellofemoral joint loading)1. [...]

‘Ancient’ haematoma

05 July 2019 12 comments

Case A 41-year-old male player presents with a history of recurring calf pain and swelling. He describes recurring calf pain after activity since an index injury 15 years previously. He has also noted an asymmetry in appearance between his calves. On examination there was an obvious swelling distal to the medial head of gastrocnemius and [...]

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